No. 32 Vol II May 1973 DIAGRAMS AND SOLUTIONSNo. 32 Vol II May 1973 DIAGRAMS AND SOLUTIONS No.1744...

No. 32 Vol II

May 1973

DIAGRAMS AND SOLUTIONS

No.1744 J. C. Infantozzi1962

Dedicated toI. M. Bernard Wexler

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No. 1745 J. C. InfantozziMundo del Ajedrez,

vii.69

Win Win

No. 1744: J. C. Infantozzi. 1. g7/i Bh6/ii 2. ghS/iii Bg7/iv 3. Kxg7 Rh44. Sf7t Kxd7 5. Se5t Kxd6 6. Sxc4t Kc5 7. Sd2 Kd4 8 h8Q i) 1Kxh8? Bb2 2. g7 Rh4 3. Kg8 Bxg7 4. Kxg7 c3 5. f4 c2 6. f5 clQ 7.h8Qt RxhB 8. Kxh8 Qg5. ii) 1. ... Sg6 2. Kf7 Se5t 3. Ke6 Or 1. ... Rd22. ghQ Bb2 3. Qxb2 Rxb2 4. h8Q. iii) The idea of the composer is, notsimply that this is unique, but that a draw and a loss result from otherpromotions. 2. ghQ? Rf4 wins, but this is a draw if 2 ghR? Or 2 Kxh8?Bxg7t 3. Kxg7 Rh4 4. f4 c3 5. f5 c2 6. f6 clQ wins, iv) 2. ... Rf4 3.Sf7t Kxd7 4. h8Q. The composer calls the idea, as set out in (iii),"distinct" promotion.

No. 1745: J. C. Infantozzi. 1. Ba5t Bb6/i 2. Qc5. First cross-pin. 2. ... Qb83. Bxb61 Ke8 4. Qe3t Kf8 5. Bc5f d6 6. Qe5. Second cross-pin. 6Qd8 7. BxdBt Kg8 8. Qg3f Kh8 9. Be5t f6 10. Qg5. Third cross-pin.Wins, i) 1. ... Ke8 2. Qe5t Kf8 3. Bb4t Kg8 4. Qg5t Kh8 5. Qf6tKg8 G. Be3 wins, but not here i). Bc3t? Bd4.

No. 1746: J. C. Infantozzi. 1. Qxd4/i Qh7t 2. Qd3/ii Bg6 3. Rd7f Kf84. Rd8f/iii Ke7/iv 5. Re8t Kxe8 6. Bh5 Kf7 7. Kxb2 Kg7/v 8 Qg3wins, i) 1. Qfl? Bg6-i 2. Bf5 Bxf5t 3. Qxf5 Qglt ii) 2. Kxb2? Qc2t.iii) 4. Rxh7? Bxd3t 5. Kxb2 Bxh7 6. Bd7 Ke7 7. Bxa4 Ke6 8. Bxb3tKxeo draw, iv) 4. ... Kg7 5. Be2 Bf5/vi 6. Kxb2 Qg6 7. Qd6 winsv) 7. ... Qg7 8. Qf5f Ke7 9. Bxg6. vi) With the pretty point 5Bxd3t 6. Bxd3 and bQ is caught.

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No. 1746 J. C. InfantozziMundo del Ajedrez,

vii.69

No. 1747 Pedro Santos Isain6th Prize,

Club Argentine, 1955

m^/M^ jMy

Win

No. 1748 P. Perkonoja1st Prize,

Tidskrift for Schack, 1971Award iii-iv.72

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No. 1749 P. Perkonoja2nd Prize,


Draw Win

No. 1747: P. S. Isain. 1. Kdl Kbl 2. Bd4 Kal 3 Sb6 Kbl 4. Sd5 Kal5. Sf4 Kbl 6. Se2 Kal 7. Sg3 Kbl 8. Se4 Kal 9. Sxd6 Kbl 10. Se4Kal 11. Be5 Kbl 12. Sc3f Kal 13. Kc2 dlQt 14. Sxdl Bf4 15. Sxb2Bxe5 16. Sd3 and mate by 18. Sb3. This Uruguayan composer was bornl.xi.02, died 15.vi.70. In fact he was a great enthusiast for chess gene-rally, his skill over-the-board enabling him to play 14 games blind-fold simultaneously, this being a South American record in 1929. Hischief composing forte was the help-mate. JRH points out that this isNo. 66 in Kasparyan's '2.500'.

No. 1748: P. Perkonoja. The tourney judge, Alexander Hildebrand, re-ports that the most original entry, by Prascheruk (USSR) was un-fortunately unsound. 1. f7 Rh6t 2. Sf6 Bd7t 3. Ke7 Re5t 4. Kd6Re6t 5. Kxd7 eRxf6 6. g5 Rxf7t 7. Ke8 hRh7 8. g6 Re71 9. Kf8hRg7 10. Bd5tKc5 11. Bf7 draws.

No. 1749: P. Perkonoja. 1. Sd6 Sd7 2. Qxd7 Qb8 3. Sc8 Kh8 4. Qd8fSg8 5. Sd6 Qb3 6. Qb8 Qa2 7. Qb2 and bQ is overloaded.

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No. 1750 A. Maksimovskikh3rd Prize,


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No. 1751 J. Koppelomaki- 1 Hon. Men.,


4

Draw Win

No. 1752 J. H. Ulrichsen2 Hon. Men.,


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No. 1753 S. Pivovar3 Hon. Men.,


Draw Win

No. 1750: A. Maksimovskikh. 1. g8Q Qdlt 2. Kb2 Qd2t 3. Kb3 Qa2t4. Kxc3 Qxg8 5. d4f Kb5 6. Bc6t Kxa5 7. Se3 Kb6 8. Sd5t Ka5 9.Se3 with a positional drawT or repetition draw, depending on which wayone looks at it! The study depends for part of its effect on tries, but noanalysis was provided in the award.

No. 1751: J. Koppelomaki. 1. Bh7t Kg4 2. Sf6t Kh4 3. Sgl Qe3 4. Se4ffi 5. Bxf5 Qf4t 6. Kxg2 Qxf5 7. Sf3t Kg4 8. Sf6t Kf4 9. Bel mate.

No. 1752: J. H. Ulrichsen. A rare bird indeed, a composer from Norway.1. b6 Bxb6 2. Sxe5 elQ 3 a8Q Sc7t 4. Kf7 Sxa8 5. Be6t Kc2 6.Bf5t Kdl 7. Bg4t Kc2 8. Bf5t Kb3 9. Be6t Ka4 10. Bd7t Ka5 11.b4t Ka6 12. Bc8t with a draw. "An old idea with a new insert (11. b4t)and good technical construction."

No. 1753: S Pivovar. 1. Bd8t g5 2. h7 clQ 3. h8Qt Bh5 4. Bc7 Qxc75. Qa8 g3 6. Qhlt Kg4 7. Sxe3t and 8. Sd5t and 9. Sxc7.

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No. 1754 j . Rusinek1st Prize,

New Statesman (C. 31.xii.71)Award 6.x.72

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No. 1755 D. Makhatarl/o2nd Prize,

New Statesman, l(J7iAward 6.x.72

Draw Draw

No. 1754: J. Rusinek. 1. a7/i Ba6t/ii 2. b7 Se4 3. g8St Ke8 4. Sf6tSexf6 5. a8B/iii Se5 6. Kb8 Sc6t 7. Kc8 Bfl 8. b8R/iv Ba6f 9. Rb7.i) 1. g8Q? Bxg8 2. a7 (Kb7, Bd5t) 2. ... Se4 3. Kb7 Bd5t 4. Ka6 Sd6wins, ii) 1. ... Se4 2. Kb7 Sd6f 3. Kc6 Bb5f and a draw, iii) Otherpromotions lose to 5. ... Sd5. iv) 8. b8S? Se7f 9. Kb7 Bg2t 10. Sc6(Ka7, Sc8t) 10. ... Bxc6t 11. Ka7 Bd7 12. Kb8 Bh3 13. Bb7 Sd7t14. Ka7 Sc5 wins. Mate follows 8. b8Q? Ba6t 9. Qb7 Se4 10. Qxa6,with 10. ... Sd6. After the rook promotion this line (9. ... Se4) givesthe necessary thematic stalemate. Judges (Hooper, Roycroft, Staudte)write: "With a mere 9 men in a simple, almost natural position, thecomposer has realised 3 successive underpromotions, all different. TheS is not surprising, but the wS disappears. Then, with only 3 wP's, wehave first wB, then wR. In a study to draw this is a far more difficultto achieve than in a study to win. With attractive and convincingsupport variations the total picture is of a homogeneous masterpiecemiraculously fusing the best of the classic and romantic styles."

No. 1755: D. Makhatadze. 1. f8St Kh6/i 2. f7t Kh5/ii 3. Rh6t Kxh64. fgSf Kh5 5. Sf6t Kxh4 6. Sg6t Kxh3 7. Sf4t Kh2 8. Sg4t KM 9.Sf2t Kgl 10. Se2t Kxf2 11. Sxc3 Kel 12. Kb4 (a4, c4) Kd2 13. Kb3Kcl 14. Sa2f Kbl 15. Sb4 Se6 16. Sd3/iii Sc5t 17. Sxc5 Kal 18. Ka3blQ 19. Sb3t. i) 1. ... Kh8 2. Sg6t with perpetual or return to themain line, ii) 2. ... Se6 3. Rxe6f Kg7/iv. 4. Rel Rcl 5. Bf6t Kxf76. Bxb2 Rxel 7. Ba3 draws, iii) All alternatives lose. 16. Ka4? Kal17 Sc2t Ka2 18. Sb4t Kbl 19. Ka3 Sc5, or here 19. Kb3 Sd4f. 16.Kc4? Kal 17. Sc2f Ka2 18. Sb4t Ka3. 16. Kc3? Sc5 17. Sc2 Se4f18. Kb3 Sd2t 19. Kc3 Kcl. 16. Sa2? Sd4f 17. Ka3 Kal 18. Sc3 Sb5f.16. Sc2? Sc5f. iv) 3. ... Kh5 4. Re5f Kxh4 5. Re4t K- 6. Rb4 draws."The 13 moves of introductory play, a work of art in itself, lead toa basic endgame of S against S-fP which, the P being sP on 7th,is of a type which is normally lost; but the composer shows a longand exact sequence terminating in a piquant drawing resource. Positionand play after 13. Sxc3 are believed to be new to theory."

No 1756: L. I Katsnelson. 1. Sf7t/i Kc7/ii 2. gSxh6/iii Sc4 3. Bd3Sd2f 4. Kc2 Sf3 5. Be4 Sd4f 6. Kd3/iv Se6/v 7. Bf5 Sf4t 8. Ke4Sh5tvi 9. Bg6 Sf6t 10. Kf5 Sd5 11. Sg8. i) 1. Kxb2? Rh2 2. Kc3Rxc2t 3. Kxc2 Ke8 is a draw, and so is 1. Sxh6? gh. ii) 1. ... Ke8

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No. 1756 L. I. Katsnelson3rd Prize.

New Statesman, 1971Award 6.X.72

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No. 1757 C. Bill Jones4th Prize,

New Statesman, 1971Award 6(13).x.72

W i n Draw

2. fSxh6 Sc4 3. Ba4f Kf8 4. Sf5 Kxg8 5. Bb3. iii) 2. fSxh6? Sc43. Bd3 Se5 draws. 2. Kxb2? Rh2 3. Se7 Rxc2t 4. Kxc2 g5. iv) 6.Kc3? Se2t 7. Kd2 Sg3 8. Bg6 gh 9. Kel h5 10. Kf2 h4 draws, v)6. ... Sb3 7. Bd5 Sc5t 8. Kd4. vi) 8. ... Se2 9. Bg4 wins. "An im-pressive systematic manoeuvre shown with economy across the widthof the board."

No. 1757: C. Bill Jones (U.S.A.). 1. h7 a2t/i 2. Kal Kg7 3. Sf5tKxh7/ii 4. g6t/iii Kxg6/iv 5. Sxg3/v Kf7/vi 6. Sxe4/vii e2 7. Sg5fKg6 8. Sf3 Kf6/viii 9. Sel/ix Kf5 10. a5/x ba 11. Sd3 a4 12. Scland, according to Bl's choice of promotion piece, stalemate or plaindraw, i) 1. ... Kg7 2. Sf5t tranposes. ii) 3. ... Kh8 4. Sxg3 Kxh75. Se2 is a draw, iii) Now the real points begin to emerge. 4. Sxg3?Kg6 5. Se2 Kxg5 6. Sc3 Kf4 7. Sd5t Kf3 8. Sc3 e2 wans, iv) 4. ...Kg8 5. Sxg3 Kf8 6. Se2 Kg7 7. Sf4 Kh6 8. Se2 Kg6 9. Sg3. v) 5.Sxe3? Kg5 wins, vi) Bl is now in Zugzwang. 5. ... Kg5 6. Sxe4tKf4 7. Sc3 Kf3 8. Sb5. Or 5. ... Kh6 (g7) 6. Sf5t K- 7. Sxe3. vii)6. Se2? Ke6 will win. viii) 8. ... Kh5 9. Sel or 9. a"5. ix) 9. a5? ba10. Sel a4 11. Sd3 a3 wins, x) 10. Sd3? Ke4 11. Sel Ke3 12.a5 ba 13. Sd3 a4 wins. "The main play centres around an unexpected'reciprocal Zugwang' after 5. Sxg3, as Bl would win if he did nothave the move. The concluding drawing point (12. Scl) has beenseen before."No. 1758: G. M. Kasparyan. 1. Rxg2/i. Se6t 2. Ke3 Bd4t 3. Kf3Rf5t/ii 4. Ke2 Sf4t 5. Kd2/iii Sxg2 6. Kcl/iv Be3f 7. Kb2 clQt8. Rxcl Bxclt 9. Kbl and now two parallel variations, the task echostalemate on different coloured squares, the 'chameleon' echo: (a) 9.... Se3 10. Qe2t Kg5 11. Kxcl Rflt 12. Kd2/v d4 13. Qh2 Rdlt14. Ke2 Rd2t 15. Kel Rxh2 stalemate, or 15. Kel Rdlf, but neverKf2? Sg4t wins! And (b) 9. ... Sf4 10. Kxcl/vi Sxd3f 11. Kd2 Rf2t12. FCdl and again 12. ... Rxa2 stalemate, or perpetual check, i) 1.Rgl or Rcl? Se6t 2. Ke3 Bd4t wins, ii) 3. ... Re5 4. Rxc2. iii)5. Kf3? Sxg2f 6. Kxg2 Rf2t. iv) 6. Qa8? Rf2t 7. Kxcl Be3t. v)12. Kb2? Rf2. vi) 10. Qb3? Se2. 10. Qf2? Ba3 wins, and lastly 10.Qa7? Bd2 11. Qgl Kh6 12. Kc2 Ba5 (or ... Rg5) in all cases'withtheoretical wins on material. "The chameleon echo stalemates usingsame bR and bS are believed to be original, and a very tough compos-ing achievement."

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No. 1758 G. M. Kasparyan5th Prize,


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No. 1759 G. Bondarev6th Prize,


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Draw Draw-

No. 1760 A. C. Miller1st Hon. Men.,


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No. 1761 C. M. Bent2nd Hon. Men.,

Now Statesman. 1971Award 6(20),x.72

Win Draw

No. 1759: G. Bondarev. 1. c6 Qal/i 2. Bg2t/ii Kd4/iii 3. Rc4t/ivKxc4 4. c7 Qh8/v 5. Bb7/vi Qb2f/vii 6. Bg2 Qh8/viii 7. Bb7positional draw, i) 1. ... Qa2t 2. Bg2t Kd4 3. c7. 1. ... Qa8 (b4)2. c7. 1. ... Qdl 2. Bg2t Kd4 3. c7. 1. ... Sf5 2. Bxf5f Kxf5 3.c7 Qf4t 4. Kh3. ii) 2. Rc4t? Kd3 3. Bg2 Sflt 4. Bxflt Qxfl 5. c7Qf2t 6. Khl h3 7. Rc3f Kd4 8. Rc4t Kd5 wins, iii) 2, ... Ke53. Rc5t Kd6 4. c7. iv) 3. Rf3? Qa7 3. Rc2? Qdl. v) 4. ... Qa65. Bh3 Qa2f 6. Bg2. vi) 5. Bh3? Sflf 6. Bxflt Kb4 7. Bh3 Qe5twins, vii) 5. ... Sflt 6. Khl Sg3t 7. Kh2. viii) 6. ... Sflt 7. Khl Qh8 8.Bb7. "An astonishing wR sacrifice leads to a far from elementarypendulum draw."

No. 1760: A. C. Miller. 1. Sb6t/i cb 2. Sd5 Kd6/ii 3. Sxb6 Ra2(Rc3)/iii 4. h7 Rxc2t 5. Kg3 Rc3t 6. Kg4 wins, i) 1. Sxc7? Kxc72. Sd5t Kb7 draws, ii) 2. ... Ra2 3. h7 Rxc2t 4. Kg3 Rc8 5. Sxb6t.2. ... Kc6 3. h7 Ra8 4. Se7t and 5. Sg8. 2. ... Ke6 3. h7 Ra8 4.Sc7t. iii) Other plausible bR moves met by wS fork. "In a naturalposition W sacrifices a S, whose colleague exacts a brief but pyrotech-nic revenge on the unfortunate bR. It is remarkable that the advanceof W hP is delayed until the 4th move."

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No. 1762 V. Kalandadze3rd Hon. Men.,


No. 1763 J. E. Peckover4th Hon. Men.,


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Win Win

No. 1761: C. M. Bent. 1. c7 Bxc7t 2. be Rxa4/i 3. c8St Kc5/ii 4.Bxc4 Rxc4/iii 5. Sb6 Kxb6 with a sudden stalemate, or 5. ... Rxc36. Sa4t. i) 2. ... Bf5 3. Bxc4 Rxa4 4. Bb5 Ra5 5. c4. ii) 3. ... Ke54. Sb6 Ra6 5. Sxc4t Kf6 6. Bh5, and if 6. ... Kg5 7. Bdl Ral 8.Sd2 holds, or 6. ... Bd3 7. Se3. iii) 4. ... Ra8t 5. Kc7 Bf5 6. Sd6Ra7f 7. Kb8. "The introduction is weak, but a startling denouementon the 4th move sharply raises the level of this short solution study.There are some tough variations, not all of which were supplied bythe composer."

No. 1762: V. Kalandadze. 1. Rhb7t Kc2 2. Rc7t Kd2 (dl) 3. Rd7tKe2 (el) 4. Re7t Kf2 (fl) 5. Rf7t Kg2 (gl) 6. Rg7t Kf2 (fl) 7.Raf7t Kel 8. Re7f Kdl 9. Rd7t/i Kcl 10. Rc7t Kbl 11. Rb7f Kal12. Rg2 hlQ 13. Rbg7 a2 14. Ka7 Qxh3 15. Rglt Kb2 16. R7g2twins, i) 9. Rb7? a2 draws. "How the wR pair, uselessly doubledon the empty 7th rank and remote from the promotion scene, regroupto double on on the g-file while guarding for 11 moves against thelooming promotion with check, is fascinating."

No. 1763: J. E. Peckover. 1. b8Qt Kf7/i 2. Qb3t/ii Kf8/iii 3. Qa3t/iv Kg7 4. Qc3f/v Kf8 5. Qh8f/vi Kf7 6. Qal Rd6/vii 7. Qa7t/viiiKg8. 8. Kf5 and wins /ix. i) 1. ... Rd8 2. Qa7 Rd6 3 Kf5 Ra64. Qb8t. 1. ... Ke7 2. Qe5f Kf7 3. Qal wins, for 3. ... Kg8 4. Qa8fand 5. Qxg2, a recurring theme, bK blocking bR along the rank,ii) 2. Qh2 (f4t)? Kg8 draws, bR getting ensconced behind, iii) 2. ...Ke7 3. Qa3t Ke6 4. Qe3f Kf6 (... Kf7; Kf4) 5. Qg5t Ke6 6. Kf4.iv) 3. Qb4t? Re7. v) 4. Qalt? Kh7. vi) 5. Qc8f? Ke7 6 Qc5t Ke87. Qe5t Re7 8. Qb8t Kf7 9. Qb3t Kf8 10. Qf3f Rf7. vii) 6. ... Rd37. Qa2t. 6. ... Rd8 7. Kf5. viii) 7. Kf5? Ra6. ix) For example,8. ... Rd2 (...Ra6; Qb8t) 9. Kf4 Kf8 10. Kg3 Ra2 11. Qc5f Kf7 12.Kh2.The lines given are deliberately curtailed to the point where endgametheory applies, which hopefully will encourage readers to becomefamiliar with the theory! "Bl draws if he can place bR behind bP.Well analysed with slender didactic material. ... The successful solverwill be a strong player."

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No. 1764 E. Dobrescu5th Hon. Men.,


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No. 1765 J. Pospisil6th Hon. Men.,

New Statesman. 1971Award 6(27).x.72

4

Win Draw

No. 1764: E. Dobrescu. 1. el Sd6 2. h7 Rd3/i 3. h8Q Rxdl 4. Qe5t/iiKf2 5. Qf4f Ke2 6. Qg4f Kd2 7. Qf3 b5/iii 8. Qd5t/iv Kc2 (e2) 9.Qb3 (h5)t Kd2 10. Qf3 b4/v 11. Kb2/vi Sc4t 12. Kb3 Sd6 13. Qfl/vii Rblt/viii 14. Ka2 Rdl 15. Kb2 Ke3 16. Kc2 Rd2f 17. Kcl Bf218. Qh3t Ke2 19. Qg4t/ix Kd3 20. Qxb4 Rc2f 21. Kdl wins material,i) 2. ... Bc3 3. Sxc3 Rf2f 4. Ka3 Rh2 5. Se4t. ii) 4. Qg7f? Kf3 5.Qf6t Kg2. iii) 7. ... Kc2 8. Qe2f Bd2 9. Qg2. iv) 8. Qfl? Kcl 9.Kb3 Ba5. 8. Kb3? Rblf 9. Ka3 Sc4f. 8. Kb2? Sc4t 9. Kb3 Rblf10. Ka2 Rb2t 11. Kal Kcl 12. Qf4t Sd2 13. Qe3 Kc2 14. Qc5t Sc415. Qf5t Kb3 16. Qxb5t Bb4. v) 10. ... Kc2 11. Qe2f Rd2/x 12.Qxel Rd4 (... Se8; Qe6) 13. Qblf Kc3 14. Qb3t Kd2 15. Qb2f Ke316. Qxb5 Sxb5 17. e8Qt. vi) 11. Qd5f? Kcl 12. Qc5f Bc3. 11. Kb3?Rblt 12. Ka4 Rail 13. Kxb4 Kc2t. vii) 13. Qf4f? Ke2 14. Qg4tKd2 15. Qxb4f (Qf3, Rblf) 15. ... Ke3. viii) 13. ... Kcl 14. Qe2Bd2 15. Qd3. ix) 19. Qh5t? Kd3 20. Qd5t Bd4 21. Qxd6 Rc2t 22.Kdl Rd2t 23. Kel Re2f 24. Kfl Rf2f 25. Kgl Rf6t 26. Qxd4tKxd4 27. e8Q Rb6. x) 11. ... Bd2 12. Qg2 b4 13. Qg6t Kc3 14. Qg3t.

No. 1765: J. Pospisil. 1. Qh3f Kf2/i 2. Qh2f/ii Kel 3. Qxd6/iiiQe4t/iv 4. Kc3 Qe3f/v 5. Kc2/vi Qe2f 6. Kc3/vii f2 7. Qf4/viiiflQ/ix 8. Qh4f Kdl 9. Qa4t, drawn, i) 1. ... Kel 2. Qe6t Kf2 3.Qxd6 Qe4t 4. Qd4t. ii) 2. Qe6? d5t 3. Kc3 d4t 4. Kxd4 Qb4f 5. Kd3Qxa5 wins. 2. Qh4t? Ke2 3. Qg4 Qc6f 4. Kb3 d5 wins, iii) 3. Qg3f ? Ke2 4.Qxd6 Qe4t 5. Kc3 f2 6. Qh2 (Qd2t, Kf3) 6. ... Qd5 7. a6 Qd3f 8. Kb4Qxa6 9. Qh5t Kel 10. Qe5t Kfl. iv) 3. ... f2 4. Qe6t. v) 4. ... f2 5.Qd2f Kfl 6. a6 Qe5f 7. Qd4 Qa5f 8. Kc2 Qxa6 9. Qdlf. vi) 5. Kc4?f2 6. Qb4f Ke2 7. Qb2t Kf3 wins, vii) 6. Kcl? Qc4f 7. Kb2/x f2 8.Qg3 Qd4t 9. K- Ke2 10. Qh2 Qd5 11. a6 Qd3t. viii) 7. Qg3? Qe4 8.a6 Ke2. ix) 7. ... Qe7 8. Qd2f Kfl 9 a6 Kgl 10. Qd4 Qa3f 11. Kc2Qxa6 12. Qg4t. Or 7. ... Kfl 8. a6 Qxa6 9. Qclf. x) 7. Kbl Qb3f 8.Kcl Qc3f 9. Kbl Qxa5. "The material does not lend itself to a series ofmoves which are both unique and interesing, so the composer's achie-vement in including a move of quiet beauty (W's 7th) is impressive.

No. 1766: Y. Bazlov. Grandmaster Averbakh, also a FIDE Judge,awarded this young composer from the Soviet Far East the main prizein this annual informal tourney, for which there were 57 entries. 1.Rh5t/i Ka4 2. Sxa8 Rcl 3. Sb6t Ka3/ii 4. Rb5/iii Ka2/iv 5. Sb3 Rbl

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No. 1766 Y. Bazlov(xii.71)

1st Prize,Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1971

Award viii.723

No. 1767 V. Dolgov(xii.71)

2nd Prize,Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1971

Award viii.724

W i n Win

6. Sc4 Rxb3 7. Ra5t Kbl 8. Sd2t. i) No doubt what influenced thejudge was the thematic try 1. Sxa8? Rc8?/v 2. Sb3t Ka6 3. Rb4 Ka7 4.Sb6 Rb8 5. Sc5 Rxb6 6. Ra4t Kb8 7. Sd7t, where the play is symme-trical with the actual solution, ii) 3. . . . Kb4 4. Sd5f Ka3 (.".. Kc4;Se31 and wS's will defend each other) 5. Rh3t and 6. Sb3, when thematerial advantage wins, iii) 4. Rh3t? Ka2 5. Sb3 Rbl. Or 4. Ra5t? Kb2.iv) 4. ... Rxal 5. Sc4f and 5. ... Ka2 loses the K, or 5 ... Ka4 the R.v) The saving line is 1. ... Ka6 2. Rb4/vi Ka7 3. Sb6 Rc7t 4 Kg8Rb7 5. Sc8t Kb8 6. Rc4 Rc7. vi) 2. Ra4t? Kb7, with 3. ... Rc8.

No. 1767: V. Dolgov. The position has a practical air. 1. f7 Se7 2. Kxb4.Now bK must exercise caution. 2. ... Kg3/i 3. Kc3/ii Kh4/iii 4. Kd2/iv Kg3 5. Kel. Now we have a Zugzwang /v. 5. ... c5 6. Kdl Kf2 7.Kd2 Kg3 8. Kel Kh4 9. Kf2. Same again. 9. . . . c4 10. Kel/vi Kg3 11.Kd2 Kh4 12. Kc3 Kg3 13. Sd7/vii Sg6 14. Kxc4 Kf4 15. Kd5 Kf516. Kd6 Kg5 17. Ke6 Kh6 18. Se5 wins, i) 2. ... Kh3(h5) 3. Se6 Sg64. Sf4t. Or 2. ... Kg4 3. Sd7 Sg6 4. Se5t. ii) 3. Sd7? Sg6 4. Kc5 Kf45. Kd6 Kf5 can draw, while 3 Kc5? Kg4 4. Sd7 Sg6 5. Se5t Sxe5 andthere's a fork waiting on c!7. iii) 3. ... Kf2 4. Sd7 Sg6 5. Kd4 and wTK-e4-f;5. iv) 4. Kd3? Kg4 5. Sd7 SgB and wS would be taken on e5 withcheck, v) Now if 5. ... Kh4 6. Kf2 c5 7. Kf3, cP must advance againand be lost. So B] does best to retain some elbow room for his K. vi).10. Ke3? c3 11. Kd3 Kh5 12. Sd7 Sg6. vii) Precise! 13. Kxc4? Sf5.AJR: Cf Nos 1734-1736 by Mugnos. JRH: Halberstadt. No. 35 in his'Curiosites1 (1938) and No. 121 in 1234.

No. 1768: A. Belenky. 1. e6t Kc8/i 2. Sd6t Kd8 3. Sc4 b2t 4. Sxb2dSxb2 5. Sb6 b3 6. e5 Ke7 7. Sd5t Kxe6 8. Sc3 Kxe5. Now what?W wants to take bPb3. He achieves this by putting Bl in Zugzwang,with 9. Kbl! Wherever bK plays, wS will reach cl or d2 or d4 or c5.i) 1. ... Kd8 2. e7t Kd7 3. e8Qt Kxe8 4. Sc7t Kd8 5. Sd5 b2t 6. Kbl.

No. 1769: V. Yakimchik. J. Sf7t Kg6/i 2. Se5t Kfo/ii 3. Sc6 Sd6t 4.Kb6 Rxa8 5. c8Q Sxc8 6. Kb7. Now Bl has an extra R and S, but stillfails to win. For example 6. ... Sb6 7. Kxb6 Ke6 8. Kb7, and similarlyafter 6. ... Sc7. i) 1. ... Kg7 2. Sd8 Sxc7t 3. Sxc7. ii) 2. ... Kf6 3. Sd7tand 4. dSb6.

457

No. 1768 A. Belenky(xii.7D

S h a k h m a t y v SSSR. 1971A w a r d viii.72

No. 17CJ9 V. Yakimchik(x.71)

4th Prize,S h a k h m a t y v SSSR, 1971

Award viii.724

Draw D aw

No. 1770 E. Pogosjants(xi.71)

5th Prize,Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1971

Award viii.724

No. 1771 A. Sarychev(xi.71)

1 Hon. Men.,Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1971

Award viii.72

Draw

No. 1770: E. Pogosjants. 1. Sf6t/i Kf3 2. Sg4 Kxg4 3. Sd5 Kf3/ii 4. b7flQ 5. Sc3 d2 6. b8Q Qclt 7. Ka2 Bblt 8. Qxbl Qxc3 9. Qflt and it'sa perpetual, i) 1. b7? flQ 2. b8Q Qblt is clearly no good, ii) 3. ... d24. b7 flQ 5. Se3t Kg5 6. Sxfl dlQ 6. Sd2! and it would be galling tohave to face this in a game and concede the draw!

No. 1771: A. Sarychev. 1. g7 Kf7 2. Sd3 Sf6. To protect both d7 andg4, as otherwise wS threatens a fork on e5 after wKd6. 3. g8Qf Sxg84. Kd6 Ke8 5. Se5 Kd8 6. Bxd7 Bf8t 7. Kc6 Se7t 8. Kb7 Bxd7 9.Sf7t and perpetual.

No. 1772: L. Katsnelson. 1. Shg3 flQt 2. Sxfl Bxh2 3. Bh5 Sg5t 4.Kg4 Sh7 5. Bg6 Sf6t 6. Kf5 Sd5 7. Bf7 Se7t 8. Ke6 Sc6 9. Be8 Sd8f10. Kd7 and wins. The judge draws attention to the difficult win after5. ... Sf8 6. Bf5, but is seems to me that W can contain bK in the alcorner and mount a mating attack (AJR).

458

No. 1772 L. Katsnelson(xi.71)

2 Hon. Men.,Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1971

Award viii.72

A. Ivanov(iv.71)

Commended,Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1971

Award viii.725

No. 1773 V. Shoshorin(ix.71)

3rd Hon. Men.Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1971

Award viii.724

Win

No. 1775 R. Romaniv(viii.71)


Award viii.726

W i n

No. 1773: V. Shoshorin. 1. Rbl b2/i 2. Kf6 alQ 3. Bxf7t Kh7/ii 4.Ba2 Kh6 5. Sb4 and wins by marching wK to b3 and then plavingwSc2. i) 1. ... fg 2. Rhl b2 3! Kf6 and mates, ii) 3. ... Kf8 4. Sd4," theBl check making not the slightest difference. The judge remarks thatthe idea is not new. (JRH fails to trace).

No. 1774: A. Ivanov. 1. g4f Kh6 2. g5t Kh7/i 3. Bf6 Kh8 4. Kg3 (g4)Bh7 5. Kf4 Kg8 6. Ke5 Kf8 7. Kd6 Bg8 8. Kd7 Rh7 9. Be7f and,very surprisingly, it's a perpetual check, i) 2. ... Kh5 3. Bf6 Bh7 4.Bxg7 Kxg5 is an opposite-coloured B's draw.

No. 1775: R. Romaniv. 1. g4 Kh7 2. Sh5/i Kh6 3. Sg7 Kh7 4. Se8KhO 5. Sxd6 Kh7 (notice the mates if bR or bB play to h7) 6. Se8Kh6 7. Sg7 Kh7 8. Sh5 Kh6 9. Sf4 Kh7 10. Sxd5 Kh6 11. Sf4 Kh712. do wins, i) But not 2. Sxd5? Kh6 3. Sf4 d5. The actual solutionleads indeed to the capture of bPd5, but only after wS has in the man-ner of a conjuring trick lost a move, something one is taught is im-possible! JRH: Cf. Cortlever (1938), No. 418 in Bondarenko's "Gal-lery".

459

No. 1776 Y. Dorogovi(


Award viii.72

No. 1777 B. Olympii'v(x.71 )

Commended.Shakhmaty v SSSR. 1971

Award viii.72

Draw

No. 1778 J. Rusinek(vi.71 )

1st Prize,Italia Scacehistica, 1971

Award ix.724

\\

No. 1779 Al. P. Kuznctsov2nd Prize,

Italia Scacchistica, 1971

Draw

No. 1776: Y. Dorogov. 1. Sd6/i Bd4f 2. Kxd4 Kb2/ii 3. Sc4f Kxal 4.Kc3 b2/iii 5. Sa3 blSt/iv 6. Kc2 Sxa3t 7. Kcl. Delightful twists, i)i. Sxb3? Bd4f 2. Kc2 Be5, a fine winning Zugzwang. ii) 2. ... b2 3.Sc4t. iii) 4. ... Kbl 5. Sd2t and 6. Sxb3f. iv) 5. ... blQ 6. Sc2t. JRH:There are several anticipations - - see "Thematic Aggregations" (later).No. 1777: B. Olympiev. 1. Kc4 e2 2 Rglf Kf6 3. Kd3 f2 4. Rg6t Kxg65. Kxe2 Kf5 6. Kfl Kg4 7. Kg2 Kf5 8. Kfl Ke4 9. Ke2 Kxf4 10. Kxf2and W has the opposition, drawing.No. 1778: J. Rusinek. Another 1st Prize for this young Polish composer.Judge C. M. Bent writes: "A classic miniature with wB's elegantly con-taining bK and restless activity by bR in a pattern of symmetry". 1.Bf3 Sf2t 2. Kg3 Shit 3. Kg2 Kc6 4. Ba3 Rh8 5. Bb2 Rb8 6 Ba3Rbl 7. Bf8 Ral 8. Bg7 Ra7 9. Bf8 Rh7 10. Ba3 Bh8 11. Eb2 and so on.No. 1779: AL P. Kuznetsov. "A heavily restricted setting which containsa nice triangulation study". 1. a7 Kxa7 2. Bb6f Ka6 3. d6 Ra8 4 - 12.Kf8-g7~h7-h8-g7-f8-e8-d8-c7 12. ... c5 13. Kd8 Rb8 14. Ke8 Ra8 15.Kf8 Rb8 16. - 23. repeats the 'loss of a move manoeuvre' until 23. Kc7c4 24. - 34. same again to 34. Kc7 and wins.

460

No. 1780 E. Pogosjants(iv.71)

3rd Prize,Italia Scacchistica. 1971

No. 1781 C. C. L. 8ells(vii.71)

1st Prize,The Problemist, 1970-71

Award ix.725

Win Win

No. 1780: E Pogosjants. "All of Bl's sacrifices are overcome in a sur-prise finale". 1. d7 Sc7t 2. Kd6/i Se6/ii 3. Kxe6 Bf5t 4. Kxf5 Sh6t5. gh Kf7 6. d8R and wins, i) 2. Ke7? Sd5t 4 Kd6 gSe3 is a draw only,while here 3. Ke6 Bf5t Se7t 5. K-Sc6 and Bl wins, ii) 2. . . . Bg6 3.Kxc7 wins. Or 2. ... Sb5t 3. Kc5 Kf7 4 d8Q Be2 5. Qd5t Kf8 6. Qf5tKg7 7. Qe4 Sc3 8. Qd4f Kg6 9. Qxc3 Kxg5 10. Qd2t wins.There were 3 Honourable Mentions, but they all appear to have flawsof one kind or another. (AJR)

No. 1781: C. C. L. Sells. 1. Sa6f Kb7 2. Rb2t Kxa6 3. Bb5t/i Ka5/ii4. Bfl a3/iii 5 Rb5t Ka4 6. Bxg2 a2 7. Bc6 alQt 8. Rblt. i) 3. Bh3?a3 4. Bxg2 ab 5. Be4 Kb5 6. Ke2 a5 7. Kf3 a4 8. Bbl Kb4 9. Ba2Ka3. ii) 3. ... Kb- 4. Bflt. iii) 4. ... glQ 5. Rb5t Ka6 6. Rg5t. "Themain theme of this study has been performed very effectively. In all,3 batteries in one study is a remarkable achievement. The building upof the decisive battery by a brave manoeuvre of the Bishop is especiallysplendid. The play is heightened by the trap 3. Bh3? cancelled by alertplay by Black. Altogether a fine master-piece". Judge: P. Perkonoja.

No. 1782: M R. Vukcevich. 1. Sc6t Kxf7 2. Sd8t Kg8 3. Qg5 Kh7 4.Sxefi Sc3t 5. Kcl Bh6 6. Sf8t Kh8 7. Sg6t Pvg- 8. Sf4t Bxg5. "Arefreshing study with an unusual material. After a difficult to find,but lively introductory play, all pieces except the black Rook aremoving, one conies to a surprising stalemate position."

No. 1783: V A. Bron. 1. h7 Qxh7 2. Rc6 Qg7 3. Re6/i Kh4 4. b4 c65. Rd6/ii co 6. b5 c4 7 b6 c.3 8. b7 c2 9. b8Q clQ 10. Qd8t Kh5 11.Qotfi Kh4 12. Qe7 + Qxe7 13. Rh6 mate, i) 3. Sg3t? Qxg3f. ii) 5. Rxc6?0^31. "An interesting struggle, where Black defends himself skilfullyagainst the mate threats using the stalemate idea. It is a pity that thereis no acive counterplay for Black. The Queen sacrifice, leading to anamusing final position is good. There is a minor blemish - certainlynot serious - for White can also play (after 3. ... Kh4) 4. Khl Kh5 5.Kh2 Kh4 and then 6. b4."

461

No. 1782 M. R. Vukcevich(ix.71)

2nd Prize,The Problemist, 1970-71

Award ix.725

No. 1783 V. A. Bron(vii.70)

3rd Prize,The Problemist, 1970-71

Award ix 12

Draw Win

No. 1784 C. M. Bent(1.71)

1st Hon. Men.,The Problemist, 1970-71

Award ix.724

No. 1785 V. Tiavlovski(xi.70)

2nd Hon. Men.,The Problemist, 1970-71

Award ix.724

Draw Win

No. 1784: C. M. Bent. 1. Bd3 Rc6t 2. Kd7 Rd6t 3. Kc8 Rxd3 4. Ra4fBa7 5. Rb4 Bd4 6. Ra4t Ba7 7. Rb4 Rxd2 8. Rb8t Bxb8. "A littlestudy with well-controlled play. However, except for the repetition ofmoves, the stalemate position is hardly new."

No. 1785: V. Tiavlovski. 1. Ra5f Kg6 2. Ra6t Kg5 3. Bd2t Kf5 4. Be6fKe5 5. Bc3t Kf4 6. Ra4t Kg5 7. Rxg4f Rxg4 8. Bd2t Kh5/i 9. Bf7fRg6 10. Ke4 h3 11. Kf5 h2 12. Bg5 hlQ 13. Bxg6 mate, i) 8. ... Rf49. Bh3. "An evaluation of the end-game of 2 B's vs. R, which leads toa neat mate. The run of checks in the introductory play is an obviousweakness."

No. 1786: G. Afanasiev and E. I. Dvizov. 1. Rxg6 Bg7t 2. Rxg7 f2 3.e6 flQ/i 4. Rf7t Qxf7 5. e7t. i) 3. ... dxe6 4. Rg8t Kf7 5. Rg7t Kf66. Kg8. "In spite of the short solution of this neat study - taking intoaccount the material used - there is an extremely surprising and en-joyable final position."

462

No. 1786 G. Afanasiev (-f)and E. I. Dvizov

(ix.70)3rd Hon. Men.,

The Problemist, 1970-71Award ix.72

5

Draw

No. 1788 A. Koranyi(xii.71)

2nd Prize,Magyar Sakkelet, 1971

Award vi.724

No. 1787 I. Bilck(vi.71)

1st Prize,Magyar Sakkelet, 1971

Award vi.72

G. M. Kasparyan(xii.71)

3rd Prize,Magyar Sakkelet. 1971

Award vi.724

W i n

No. 1787: I. Bilek. 1. Rg8 Rcl 2. Rg4f Ka3 3 Kh5/i Rc8 4. Rg8 Rcl5. Rg3t Ka2/ii 6. Kh4 Rc8 7. Rg8 Rcl 8. Rg2t Kbl 9. Kh3 Rc8 10.Rg8 Rcl 11. Kh2 wins, i) 3. Rg5? Rc8 4. Rxb5 a4 5. Rg5 Rh8 draws.ii) The typical manoeuvre in the background is 5. ... Ka4 6. Rg4t and7. h8Q. Judge: Arpad Foldeak.

No. 1788: A. Koranyi. 1. h.6/i Rcl 2. Bg4 Rel/ii 3, Bh5 Re4t/iii 4.Kg3 Re3t 5. Kg2/iv Kd6/v 6. Bxf7 Re2t 7. Kg3/vi Re3t 8. Kg4Relt 9. Kg5 Re5t 10. Kf6 Re4 11 Bh5 Ra4 12. h7 Ra8 13. Bf7 wins.i ) l . Bf:n? Ke8. ii) 2. . . . f5 3. h7 Rc8 4. Bxf5 Rf8 5. Kg5. iii) 3Re6 4. Bxf7 Ke5 5. Bxe6 Kf6 6 Kh5. iv) 5. Kh2? Re6 6. Bxf7 Ke57. BxcG Kf6 8. Bf5 Kf7 9. Bh7 bo draws, v) 5. . . . Re6, to follow line(iv), leads later to 9. ... b5 10. Kf3 Kf6 11. h4. vi) 7. Kf3? Re7.

No. 1789: G. M. Kasparyan. 1. Bf4 Sg7 2. Rd5 Rxc4/i 3. Bgot/ii Kg64. Rxd3 Sf5/iii 5. Sxf5 Rxc5 6. Sg7/iv Rdo 7. Rd2 Rxg5 8. Rd6 mate.i) 2. ... Bxc4 3. Se4t and 4. Sxc3. ii) 3. Rxd3? Rxf4 4. Rd6t Ke5 5.Kxg7 Rc4 draws, iii) 4. ... Rxc5 5. Rd6t. iv) 6. Sg3? Rd5 7. Rd2 Re5and draws!

463

No. 1790 E. Paoli(xi.71)

1 Hon. Men.,Magyar Sakkelet, 1971

Award vi.72

No. 1791 V. S. KovaJenko(ix.


Award vi,72

Win

No. 1792 G. M. Kasparyan(xi.71)


Award vi.724

Win

No. 1793 V. S. Kovalenko4 Hon. Men.,

Magyar Sakkelet, 1971Award vi.72

Draw Draw

No. 1790: E. Paoli. 1. Se3t/i Kd2 2. Sflf/ii Kel/iii 3. Sxh2 Bc7t 4.Ke3 Bxh2 5. Sd3t Kfl 6. Bh3f Kgl 7. Sel, not, as one suspected, adomination of bB, but a mating net taking advantage of bBh2 blockingan escape square: 8. Sf3t Khl 9. Ke2 and mates in 2 more moves, i)1. Bd5? Bc7t 2. Kg4 MQ 3. Se3t Kd2 4. Sc4t Kc3 draws, ii) 2. Bd5?Bc7t. iii) 2. ... Ke2 3. Sg3t Kf2 4. Shit Kgl and 5. Bd5 wins. JRH:I have 17 examples of the mate, especially Paoli (1947/8) No. 10 inhis own collection, where with wSc5 (instead of b4) the position isidentical with the one here after move 4. Also Joitsa No. 937 EG 18.

No. 1791: V. Kovalenko. 1. Ra5 b3 2. Ke2/i Kc2 3 Rc5t Kbl 4. Rc6a5 5. Rc4 Ka2 6. Ra4t Kbl 7. Rxa5 Kc2 8. Rc5t Kbl 9. Kd2 Kal10. Ra5t Kbl 11. Kc3 Kcl 12. Rf5 blSt 13. Kxb3 Sd2f 14. Kc3 wins,i) 2. Ra3? a5 3. Rxb3 a4 4. Rxh3? Ka2 and Black wins.

No. 1792: G. M. Kasparyan. 1. Sg6/i Rf3t 2. Kb2 Re3/ii 3. Se5f Kxd44. Bc3t Rxc3 5. Sg7 and draws, bS's serving the double purpose ofsquare-blocking and supplying adequate force to win in supportinglines, i) 1. Se6? Rf3t and 2. ... Re3 wins, ii) 2. ... Rb3t 3. Kc2 Re3 4.Se5t Kxd4 5. Bd2 Re2 6. Sf3t saves both wS's and draws.

464

No 1794 A, Koranyi(viii.71)

Magyar Sakkelet. 1971Award vi.725 Hon. Men.,

4

No. 1795 C. M. Bent(vi.71)

Commend,Magyar Sakkelet, 1971

Award vi.72

Black to Move, Draw Draw

No. 1793: V. S. Kovalenko. AJR: Temporarily missing the issue of MSthat gave the solution, I tried solving (a rare event for me, these days)- I recommend readers to do the same. 1. c8Qt Kxc8 2. Ra8t Kd7 3.Ra7t Kd6/i 4. Rxh7 Rb2t/ii 5. Ka6/iii a2 6. Bg3t Ke6 7. Rhl/iv Rbl8. Rh6t Kf5 9. Rh5t Kg4 10. Rxa5 alQ 11. Be5/v. i) My solving note:covering f6 against wB. ii) 4. ... a2 5. Bf6. So far I had solved correctly,but now what? I wrote: How W finally meets and beats 5. ... a2 defeatsme. iii) 5. Kxa5? a2 6. Bg3t Ke6 7. Rh6t Kf5 8. Rhl Rbl 9. Rh5tKg4 wins, iv) 7. Rh6t? Kf7. v) Worth solving for!

No. 1794: A. Koranyi. 1. ... Rf6t 2 Kg5/i Rf8 3. Rb8/ii Rxa3 4.Rb7t Kd6 5. Rb8 Ke7/iii 6. Rb7t Ke6 7. Rb6t Kf7 8. Rb7t Kg8 9.h6 Kh8 10. h7 Rg3f 11. Kh5/iv Rg7 12. Rb8 Rxh7t 13 Kg4 Rg7t14. Kh3 draw, i) 2. Kg7? Rf7t 3. Kg6 Rf8 4. Rb8 Rxa3 5. Rb7f Kd66. Rb8 Rg3t 7. Kh6 Rf6t 8. Kh7 Rf7t 9 Kh6 Rxa7 10. Rb6t andbK escapes the 'perpetual' by 10. ... Kd7 11. Rd6t Kc8 12. Rd8t Kb713. Rb8t Ka6 and down to a3. ii) 3. Rb7f? Kd6 4. Rb8 Rg2t 5. Kxh4Rfg8 6. Kh3 R2g3f 7 Kh2 R3g5 wins. Or here 4. Rb6t Kc7 5. Rb8Rg21 6. Kxh4 Rxb8. iii) 5. Rg3t 6. Kxh4 Rfg8 7. h6 R3g4t 8. Kh3draws, for 8. ... R4g6? 9. Rb6f wins! iv) 11. Kh6? Rf6t 12. Kh5 Ra613. Rb81 Kxh7 14 a8Q Rh6 mate! Always something different! Andif 11. Kxh4? Rg7 12. Rb8 Rxh7t 13. Kg3 Rg7t 14. Kh4 Rfg8 andagain the mate threat wins for Black.

No. 1795: C. M. Bent. 1. Rc81 Kb7 2. Rf7t Kb6 3. Rb8t Ka5 4. Ra7tBa6 5. Rxa6t Kxa6 6. Ra8f Kb7 7. Rxa4 Sxa4 8. Bd7 Sb6t 9. Ke6SxdT 10. Kxd7 Sg7 stalemate. JRH finds Kubbel (1923) and Reti(1927), Nos. 1310 and 1311 in Kasparyan's '2500'.

No. 1796: C. M. Bent. 1. Sd6t Kf4 2. Sh3t gh 3. Rf3t Kg5 4. Rg3fKh5 5. Sf5 Ra7 6. Rg8 Ra3 7. Rgl Ra7, with an oscillating draw, thealternatives at the end being the standard perpetual checks by wS.

No. 1797: K. Gavrilov. 1. h7 Be5/i 2. Bh2 Bd4 3. Bf4 Sc3/ii 4. Bh6Bh8 5. Bg7 Se4 6. Bxh8 Sg5 7. Bb2t wins, but a note says that Blwould draw with bKa5 (by 1 h7 Bd6t). i) 1. ... Bd6t 2. Kf7 Be5 3.Bc51 Kb3 4. Bf8 and 5. Bg7. ii) 3. ... Sf2 4. Be3.

465

No. 1796 C. M. Bent(Commend.

Magyar Sakkelet, 1971Award vi.72

No. 1797 K. Gavrilov(ix.7D


Award vi.72

Draw Win

No. 1798 A. Kakovin(xi.71)


Aivard vi.724

No. 1799 V. Kichigin(viii.71)


Award vi.72

Win

No. 1798: A. Kakovin. 1. Kg2 hlQt 2. Kxhl Kf2/i 3. Be3t Kg3/ii4. Bd2 Kf2 5. Belt Kxel/iii 6. Kgl Kdl/iv 7. Se3f Kel 8. Kg2 d2and no"w 9. Sd4 only is given, but 9. Kgl is just as good: it dependswhich wS one wishes to mate with! An unfortunate blemish, i) 2. ...Kdl 3. Se3f, or 2. ... Kfl 3. Sd2t Kf2 4. Be3t Kg3 5. Se4f Kf3 6.Bd2. ii) 3. ... Kf3 4. Bd2 Kf2 5. Belt transposes, iii) 5. ... Kfl 6.Se3t. iv) 6. ... d2 7. Se3 and 8. Sg2 mate. JRH: Troitzky (1938), No.62 in the 1959 book by Korolkov and Chekhover.

No. 1799: V. Kichigin. 1. Kg3 Se4t/i 2. Bxe4 g4 3. f4 Bh4f 4. Kg2 Bf65. Bg6f Kh4 6. Bf7 alQ 7. Sg6t Kh5 8. Se7t Kh4 9. Sf5 mate, i) 1. ...g4 leads to a mate in 2 by 2. Bg6f and 3. f4.

No. 1800: N. Kralin. 1. Rd2t Kf3 2. Rdl Kf2 3. Kg6/i glQt 4. RxglKxgl 5. Kf7 Kf2 6. Ke8 Ke3 7. Kd8 Kd4 8 Kc7 Kc5 9. Kb7/iiKb5 10. a3 Ka5 11. a4 wins, i) 3. Kg4? glQt 4. Rxgl Kxgl 5. Kg3Khl 6 Kf3 Kh2 draws, ii) 9. a4? Sa8t 10. Kb7 Kd6 draws. JRH: Cf.A Kakovin (1967): wKe6, Pa7, b2; bKf2, Sb6. 1. Kf7 Ke3 2. Ke8 Kd43 Kd8 Kc5 4. Kc7 Kb5 5. Kb7 Ka5 6. b3 Kb5 7. b4, wins

466

No. 1800 N. Kralin(xi.71)


Award vi.723

No. 1801 J. Lamoss(ix.71)


Award vi.727

Win Win

No. 1802 J. Lazar(vi.71)


Award vi.723

No. 1803 S. Pivovar(vii.71)


Award vi.72

W i i Draw

No. 1801: J. Lamoss. 1. Qxf6 Qhlt 2. Kxc2 Qe4t 3. Kb2/i Be5t 4.Qxe5 Qxeot 5. Bc3 wins, for example 5. ... Qb8 6. Se8t Kg8 7. Sf6tand 8. Sd7f, or 5. ... Qh2 6. Sh5t Kg8 7. Sf6t Kf8 8. g7t Kxg7 9.Sg4t. i) 3. Kcl? Ba3t, or 3. Kb3? Qd5t.

No. 1802: J. Lazar. 1. Rg7t/i Kfl 2. Rb7 Rc8t 3. Kg7 Rc7f 4. Rxc7blQ 5. Rf7t Kxgl 6. h8Q Qb2t 7. Rf6 Qb7t 8. Kg6 Qg2f 9. Kh7Qh2t 10. Rh6 wins, i) 1. Rb7? Rc8t 2. Kg7 Rc7t 3. Rxc7 blQ 4. h8QQb2t 5. Kh7 Qblt draws. The key-move prepares a gain of time onthe 5th move to allow the winning interposition (7. Rf6).

No. 1803: S. Pivovar. 1. Sxd.2/i Qxd2/ii 2. Kelt Bxel 3. Bf6t Qc3 4.Bg7/iii Bd2 5. Bd4 Bel 6. Bg7, with attractive alternation of Bl co-verage of h6 and h4 by bQ and bB, effective when bQ captures wB(and Rblt leads to stalemate), i) 1. Rxb2? dlQt 2. Kxh6 Kxb2. ii)1. ... Bxbfi 2. Relt and 3. Bf6t. iii) 4. Bxc3t? Bxc3 followed by 5. . . .Bb2 and 6. ... Kbl.

467

No. 1804 N. Moldovyanu7th Place. Board 1,VII U.S.S.R. Team

Championship, 1970-71

No. 1805 A. Dreiers8th Place, Board I,VII U.S.S.R. Team


Draw Draw

No. 1806 M. Bordenyuk9th Place, Board 1,VII U.S.S.R. Team


No. 1807 E. Asaba10th Place, Board 1,VII U.S.S.R. Team


Draw Draw

No. 1804: N. Moldovyanu. 1. Rf8 bIQ 2. d8S/i Qb6 3. e8S/ii Qg6 4.Rf7t Ka8 5. Rf6 Qxe8 6. Rb6 Ba7/iii 7. Rb8t Bxb8 stalemate., i) 2.Kd8? Qb3 3. e8Q Bd6. ii) 3. Kd7? Qd6f 4. Ke8 Qd5 5. Sc6f Qxc6t6. Kf7 Be5. iii) 6. ... Qe5 7. Rxa6t Ba7 8. Rxa7f Kxa7 9. Sc6t. Wepublish these studies by kind permission of the Judge, V. Neidze. Thefirst 6 positions of 'Board V were in EG No. 1591-6. The theme set wasat least 2 underpromotions in a study to draw. Although the winners'names have been published before, apparently the positions and solu-tions have not. AJR.

No, 1805: A. Dreiers. 1. c7t Kd7/i 2. f8St/ii Kd6/iii 3. Bf4t Qxf4 4.c8Sf Bxc8 5. Sxc8t Kd5 6. Sb6f Kd6 7. Sc8t draw, i) 1. ... Kxc7 2.Bf4t Qxf4 3. Sd5t, or 1. ... Sxc7 2. Sfot Qxg5 3. f8Qt Se8 4 Qe7tQxe7 5. Sxe7. ii) 2. c8Qt? Bxc8 3. f8St Kd8. iii) 2. ... Kxc7 3. Bf4tQxf4 4. Sd5t.

No. 1806: M. Bordenyuk. 1. Ba7t Kc6 2. f7 Bxe7 3. Qclt Kd7 4. Qc6tKxc6 5. b8St Sxb8 6. feBt Kd5 7. Bf7f Ke4 8. Bg6t Kd5 9. Bf7fKc6 10. Be8t Sd7 stalemate.

468

No. 1808 L. Mitrofanovand 3L. Tolmachov

11th Place, Board 1,VII U.S.S.R. Team


No. 1809 V. Yakimchik12th Place, Board 1,VII U.S.S.R. Team


Draw Draw

No. 1810 R. Skuya13th Place, Board 1,VII U.S.S.R. Team


No. 1811 E. Pogosjants14th Place, Board 1,VII U.S.S.R. Team


Draw Draw

No. 1807: E. Asaba. 1. e7/i Kb5 2. e8S Ka5/ii 3. c7 Bg5 4 Sd6 Be75. c8S Bf8 6. g-5 g6 7. Se7 Bxe7 stalemate, i) 1. c7? Kb5 2. c8S Ka53. e7 Be3. ii) 2. ... Kxc6 3. Kb4 Be5 4. Kxc4 Kd7 5. Kd5 Bxc3 6.Sd6 Bxb2 7. Se4.

No. 1808: L. Mitrofanov and L. Tolmachov. 1. Bh5t / i Kf5 2. Bg8t Kxg63. h8B Bf8 4. gfSt K — 5. Bxb2 draw, i) 1. h8Q? blQ 2. Qh5t Kf63. KhB Bb2 4. Qh2 Be5.

No. 1809: V. Yakimchik. 1. Rh8t Kg5 2. Qf4t Kxf4 3 Se2t KgS/i 4.Rh5t Kxh5 5. Sf4t Kg5 6. Se6f Kh5 7. Sf4t Kh6 8. g8St Kg7 9.Se6t Kh8 10. g7t Kh7 11. Sxf6t KhB 12 g8St Kg6 13. feQt Qxe814. Sxe8 draw, i) 3. ... Kf3 4. feQ Qa3 5. Qa8t."

No. 1810: R. Skuva. 1. dc Se7 2. Kb8 Kd6 3. c8St/i Sxc8 4. bcSt/iiiKe6 ;"). a«S Bxa8/iv 6. Kxa8 Rb3 7. Ka7 Kd7 8. Sb6t Kc6 9. Sc4Rb4 10. Safit Kc7 11. Ka6 draw, i) 3. c8Q? Rg8 4. Qxg8/ii Bxg8 5.KaB Bd5 6. Kb8 Sc6f 7. Ka8 Kc7. ii) Or 4. g4 Be6 5. Ka8 Bc8 6.b8Qt Kc6. iii) 4. a8Q? Se7 5. Ka7 Sc6t. iv) 5. ... Rb3t 6. Sab6 Kd67. Kb8. John Beasley suggests 7. Ka7 here.

469

No. 1812 A. Sadikov15th Place, Board 1,VII U.S.S.R. Team


No. 1813 V. PachmanPrace 1952

Draw

No. 1814 V. Pachman1st Prize,

Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1960

V. Pachman=^2/3 Prize,

Ceskoslovensky Sach, 19604

jm m

Draw Draw

No. 1811: E. Pogosjants. 1. h8B Qb7 2. Kd8 Kb6 3. e8S Kc6 4. Sf6Qb8f 5. Ke7 Qd6t 6. Ke8 Qxf6 7. Be7 Qg6/i 8. Kd8 Qg3 9. Ke8Qb8f 10. Bd8 Qb7/ii 11. f8S and draws (for example 11. ... Kd6 12.Bh4 Qc8t 13. Kf7 Qf5t 14. Ke8 Qc8t etc.). i) 7. ... Qe6 8. f8S Qxg89. Bh4. ii) 10. ... Qc8 11. Ke7.

No. 1812: A. Sadikov. 1. c7/i Sb7 2. ab6t Kxb6 3. c8Sf Bxc8 4. g7/iiBe6 5. ab7 Kxb7 6. Ke5 Bb3 7. g8S f6t 8. Sxf6 eft 9. Kxf6 draw,i) 1. g7? Sd5 2. c7 Sxc7, or 1. abf? Kxb6 2. a7 Kxa7 3. c7 Sb7 4.c8Sf Bxc8 5. g7 Be6 6. Ke5 Bb3 7. g8S f6t. ii) 4. ab? Bxb7f 5. Kf5gff 6. Kxg6 Kc5. JRH: For the final wS promotion see Herbstrnan(1969), No. 69 in his book of that year, and. earlier, Roycroft (1957),No. 600 in the 1956-58 FIDE Album.

No. 1813: V. Pachman. 1. Sb4 Bd6t. Else Sc6 follows. 2. Kxd6 Qxa8 3.Sd5f. And not Sc6 now, because ...Qe8 wins. 3. ... ed. For otherwise wSplays to c7. 4. e5t Kf7 5. e6t Ke8 6. Kc7 Kxe7. Stalemate.

470

No. 1816 V. PachmanMagyar Sakkelet, 1960

No. 1817 V. Pachman1st Prize,

Havel Memorial, 19614

V. Pachman1st Prize,

Ceskoslovensky Sach, 1961

V. Pachman2nd Prize,

Ceskolslovensky Sach, 19634

Draw Win

No. 1814: V. Pachman. The best known, and rightly, of the composer'sstudies. As wBc5 is lost, it is sacrificed at once, with the effect seenonly on BTs 7th. when bS cannot play to b6 as bK occupies thatsquare! 1. Bb6t Kxb6 2. Bxe8 Sc5/i 3. Bg6 Rhlt 4. Kb2 a3t 5. Kxa3Rxal 6. Bbl Sa4 7. Bc2. Now it can be seen that ...Sb6 would win.7. ... Sc5 8. Bbl, or 7, ... Sc3 8. Kb2. i) 2. ... Sxal 3. Bxa4 Rhlt 4.Kb2 when wB can manoeuvre to bl and the trapped bS is then captured.

No. 1815: V. Pachman. 1. Bc4 Sg8t 2. Bxg8 Rxf3 3. Be6 Bxe6 4. Sg5Rxfot 5. Kg6 Re5 6. Kf6 Rf5t 7. Kg6 Bc8 8. Sf7t Kg8 9. Sh6t and10. Sxf5.

No. 1816: V. Pachman. 1. Se6 Bf6 2. d7 Sb8 3. Sc5t Kxc3 4. Sxa4fKb3t 5. Kbl Kxa4 6. d8Q Bxd8 7. Kb2 Bb6 8. Ka2 wins, but not7. Ka2? Bb6 8. Kb2 Bd4t drawn.

No. 1817: V. Pachman. Only a draw! 1. Rfl c3 2. Rhlt/ i Kg6 3. Rglt Kh54. Kf5 Kh4 5. Kf4 Kh3 6. Ke3 Kh2 7. Rfl/ii Kg2 8, Ral Kh29. Rfl with a repetition draw, i) 2. Kf7? Kh6 3. Kf6 Kh.5 4.Kf5 Kh4 5. Kf4 Kh3 6. Ke3 Kh2! 7. Ral Kg2. The thematic try.ii) In note (i) wR was already on fl when it was hustled along therank by bK (... Kh2) leaving only al available, when W gets intoZugzwang. Now he can avoid it (2. Rhlt!).

471

No. 1820 V. Pachman2nd Prize,

Schakend Nederland, 19636

No. 1821 E. Dobrescu1st Prize,

Italia Scaecbistiea, 1970

Win Draw-

No. 1818: V. Pachman. 1. Rg4t Kh5 2. Kh3. The first of a series of Wthreats to mate in one, of which Reti would have been proud. 2. ...glSt 3. Rxgl alQ 4. Rxal Rxg6. An attempt at winning with thecentre P's. 5. Rxa8 d2 6. Rd8 e3 7. Rd5t Rg5. Now that both bP'sare advanced to Bl squares, wB cannot stop them, so Bl offers to ex-change R's. 8. Rd4. For mate on h4. 8. ... Re5 9. Rg4. For mate withwB. 9. ... Re6 10. Rf4. For mate on f5. 10. ... Rg6 11. Rf5t Rg5 12.Rf4. For the h4 mate again. Draw by repetition. For Reti reference, seeNo. 511 in'1234'.

No. 1819: V. Pachman. 1. Sf4 flQf 2. Kxfl Rf6 3. g3 Kg5 4. h4t Kg45. Kg2 Rxf4. Black's play is directed towards leaving hP with wB ofwrong colour. 6. Bd7t f5 6. Bc6 and one has to take repeated looks tomake absolutely sure that Bl loses in all variations, either by mate orby W remaining with at least the gP With his wB.

No. 1820: V. Pachman. 1. Sc6t Ka3 2. Bb2t Ka4 3. Ka2 Re3. And nowthe remarkable problem idea in study form begins to emerge. Thesquare d3 is critical to the black lines defending the two mates on a5and b3. But do is also critical to W maintaining the threats. In fact4. Bc3? fails to ... Rd5! 5. Rxd5 Bxc3, or 5. Bxd5 Rxc3. So W crossesthe critical square d5 with his wBg8, gaining time with another matein one threat. 4. Bc4! a6 (only reasonable defence) 5. Bc3! and nowcapture on c3 by bB or bR allows the mate by wB or wR, while ... Rd5now achieves nothing (wRxd5).

No. 1821: E. Dobrescu. The award by Dr. E. Paoli appeared in x. 71.The 4th Prize results from a faulty demolition and was added in ii. 72.1. Bd6t Kc8 2. Be6f Kb7 3. Bd5t Kxb6 4. Bc5t. This is the first oftwo related (i.e. thematic) ideas, all in the main line. 4. ... Qxc5 5. Sd7tKxb5 6. Sxc5 f2 7. Se4 flQ 8. Bc4t. The second. 8. ... Qxc4 9. Sd6t,and after 10. Sxc4 Kxc4 11. Kf5 the draw is clear. It is not only anecho, but a chameleon echo, the same idea on different colours, gene-rally agreed to be more difficult of achievement.

No. 1822: L. Mattei. 1. Bg2t/i Kxg2 2. e7 Bxe5t 3. Kxa2 Ra4t 4. Kb3Ra8 5. Sd8 Rb8t 6. Kc4 Rc8t 7. Kbo/ii Rb8t 8. Ka6 Ra8t 9. Kb7Rb8t 10. Ka7 Bc7 11. e8Q wins, i) 1. e7? Bxe5t 2. Kxa2 Rh2t 3.Kb3 Rb2t 4. Kc4 Rc2t 5. Kd5 Rc8 6. Kxe5 Rxa8 7. Sd8 Ra2 draws.ii) 7. Kd5? Bf6.

472

No. 1822 L. Matte*2: id Prize,

Italia Seacehisticn, 1970

No. 1824 G. A. Nadareishvili4th Prize,

Italia Scacchistica, 1970a

No. 1823 Al. P. Kuznetsov3rd Prize,


L. Mattel1 Hon. Men..


Draw Win

No. 1823: AL P. Kuznetsov. 1. Re7t Kh8 2. Re8t Kg7 3. Kf5 Sc6 4.Rxa8 Sab8 5. Ke6 d5 6, Kxd5 Kh8 7. Kd6 Kg7 8. Ke6 Sd4f 9. Ke7SdcGf 10. Ke8 wins.

No. 1824: G. A. Nadareishvili. 1. Kh2 b4 2. h5 b3 3. h6 b2 4. h7 blQ 5.h8Qt Ka7 6. Qh7t Ka8 7. Qh8t Qb8 8. Kgl Ka7/i 9. Qg7f Qb7 10.Qh7 Ka8 11. Qg8t Qb8 12. Qh8 Ka7 13. Qg7t draw, i) 8. ... Kb7 9.Qf6 draws, but not. 9. Qg7t? Qc7 10. Qh7 Kb8 11. Qg8t Ka7 12. Qh7 Qb7.

No 1825: L. Mattei. 1. Sd7 Rxd7 2. Bh3f Kxg6 3. Bxd7 Kf7/i 4. b6/iia3 5. Ba4 Ke7 6. b7 a2 7. b8Q alQ 8. Qe8f Kd6 9. Qd7f Kc5 10.Qc6t Kb4 11. Qb5f Kc3 12. Qe5t wins, i) 3. ... a3 4. Be6 Kf6 5. Bc4Ke5 6. Ke3 Kd6 7. Kd4 e3 8. Kc3 wins, ii) 4. Bc6? Ke6 5. Bxe4 a36. Bbl Kd5.

No. 1826: M. Gorbman. 1. Rf8t Kh7 2. Rf7t Kg6 3. Rfl Sd2 4. RhlRxcl 5. Rxcl Sf3t 6. Ke3 Sgl 7. Kf2 hlQ 8. Rxglt.

No. 1827: G.. Afanasiev and E. Dvizov, 1. Rb4 Rdlf 2. Sxdl Qd5 3.a8Qt Qxa8 4. Se3 Qhlf 5. Rbl Qe4 6. e8Q Qxe8 7. Sc4t Ka4 8. Rb4mate.

473

No. 1826 M. Gorbman2 Hon. Men.,


No. 1827 G. Afanasievand E. Dvizov

3 Hon. Men.,Italia Scacchistica, 1970

4

Draw Win

No. 1828 E. L. Pogosjants(vii.70)

1 Comm.,Italia Scacchistica, 1970

5

No. 1829 L. Mattei2 Comm,,


Win Win

No. 1828: E. L. Pogosjants. 1. Kf3 h2 2. Kg2 Sf2 3. Kxh2 Sg4t 4. Kg3SxhB 5. Kf4 Kh8 6. Se5 and whichever Bl man moves to g8 (bK orbS), the other is lost.

No. 1829: L. Mattei. 1. Re7 Sd5/i 2. Sh4 Sxe7 3. fe Rf7 /ii 4. e8S Rxf45. Sg7t Pvg5 6. Sc6t Kf6 7. Sxf4 wins, i) 1. ... Rxf6 2. Sh4 Rxf4 3.Reoi. ii) 3. ... Rf8 4. Sf5 Rg8 + 5. Kh3 (f3) Kg6 6. Sd6 wins.

No. 1830: B. G. Olympiev. 1. Bb3t Kcl 2. Rc8t Kbl 3. Ba2t Kb2 4.Rb8t Kxa2 5. Kh3 glQ 6. Rb2t draws (6. ... Kal 7. Ra2f Kbl 8.Rait, for instance).

No. 1831: J. Rusinek. Yet another First Prize for this composer. "To-gether W and Bl tot up all 4 promotions!" Provisional award by AJRand F. A. Spinhoven. 1. Ra2 Sg3t 2, fg hlQ /i 3. b8R/ii Qcl 4. Rc8fKbG'iii 5. Rb2t Ka7/iv 6. Rc7t Ka8 7. Bc6 mate, i) Minor promotions2. ... hlS 3. b8B complete the picture, as here 3. b8Q? leads to stale-mate after 3. ... Qxg2t 4. Rxg2. ii) 3. b8Q? Qxg2t. iii) 4. ... Kd6 5.Rd2t. or 4. ... Kb6 5. Rc2 or 5. Rb2t. iv) 5. ... Qxb2 6. Rb8t.

474

No. 1830 B. G. OlympJev3 Comm.,


^ y^ / K

'^ V i f

No. 1831 J. Rusinek(iv.71)

1st Prize,^clu.kcrd Nedeiland, 1971

Aw.ud ix 72

I

*

Draw Win

No. 1832 G. J. van Breukelen(v.71)

2nd Prize,Schakend Nederland, 1971

No. 1833 J. Pospisil(vii-viii.71)

3rd Prize,Schakend Nederland, 1971

3

Win Draw

No. 1832: G. J. van Breukelen. "A hard study with surprising variati-ons." 1. Be3/i fe/ii 2. de/iii Ke6/iv 3. f4/v Bh7t 4. f517vi Bxf5t 5. Kf3Kd5/vii 6. e4t Bxe4t 7. Ke3 Bg2/viii 8. a7 Kc5 9. f3 wins, i) 1. Bb8?Ke6 2. Kd3 Kd7. ii) 1. ... Ke6 2. Bxf4 breaks the counter-matingthreat, iii) 2. Kxe3? Ke7 3. Ke4 Bh7t 4. Kd5 Bg8t 5. Ke4 draw/ix.iv) With the mating threat ... Bh7. v) 3. Kd3? Kd7. vi) 4. Kf3? Kd5 5.f5 Kc6 6. f6 Bg8. vii) 5. ... d5 6. Ke2/x d4 7. f3 wins, viii) 7. ... Kc68. Kxe4 Kb6 9. Kd5 wins with fP. ix) 5. Kc6? Bc4 6. a6 Be2 x) 6.Kg2? d4 7. f3 d3 8. Kf2 d2 9. Ke2 Bd3t.

No. 1833: J. Pospisil. "By virtue of its variety, some variations of whichare known to theory, an interesting study." 1. Bh5/i Rxb2t/ii 2. KclRc2t 3. Kdl Rg2/iii 4. Kci c2 5. Kb2 Rxh2 6. Bg6t Kc2 7. Bxc2drawn, i) 1. Bg4? Rxb2f 2. Kcl Rc2f 3. Kdl Rf2 4. Bh3 c2t 5. KclRxh2 wins. Or 1. Ba4? Rxb2f 2. Kcl Rxh2 3. Bd5t Kd4 4. Be8 Rg25. Bd7 Rf2 6. Be8/iv Kc4 7. Bd7 (c6)/v c2 8. Kb2 Kd3 9. Ba4 Rg210. Bb3 clQt 11. Kxcl Kc3 wins, ii) 1. ... Rxh2 2. Bg6t and 3. be, or1. . . . c2f 2. Kcl Rxh2 3. Bg6f- iii) Stops Bg6f and threatens . . . c2| andthen ... Rxh2. iv) 6. Bb5 c2 7. Kb2 Ke3 8. Kci (Ba4, Kd3;) 8. ... Rh2

475

No. 1834 B.-Soukup-Bardon(i.72)

4th Prize,Son ikend Nt derlarul 1971

No. 1835 V. A. Bron(xii.71)

1 Hon. Men..Sehnkond Nederland. 1971

6

Draw Win

9. Ba6/vi Rh6 10. Bb5 (Bc4, Kd4;) 10. ... Rh5 11. Be8 (Ba4, Kd3;)11. ... Rc5 12. Bg6 Kd4 13. Bxc2 Kc3 wins, 14. Kbl Rb5t 15. Kcl Rg5.Much of this is a study by W. Keym (1964), No. 1961 in Cheron, Vol. IV.v) 7. Bh5 Kb3 8. Bdlt c2 9. Be2 Kc3. vi) 9. Ba4 Kd3 10. Kb2 Rf2 11.Bb3 clQt.

No. 1834: B. Soukup-Bardon. "A tough piece." A threat is ... ed. There-fore not 1. Kf5? Sh4t 2 Kg5 Sf3t 3. Kg6 ed, nor here 2. Kg4 Sxd63. Kxh4 Bxg7 4. Bxg7 Sf5t. No better is 1. Sxe8? Bxal 2. Sc7 -xd6.1. de Sxe7/i 2. d6/ii Sxd6t 3. Kf4 Se8 4. Kg5/iii Sxg7/iv 5. Kh6Sgf5t/v 6. Kh7 Bxal stalemate, i) 1. ... Sxg7 2. d6 Sh4 3. Kd5 Sg64. Ke4 draw, or here 3. ... Shf5 4. Be5 and W easily holds the bind,ii) 2. Sxe8? Bxal 3. d6 Sc8 4. Sc7 Sxd6f wins, iii) Threatens Sxe8,Bxal; Sf6 with a draw, iv) 4. ... Sg8 5. Kg6 and Kh7 is a drawingthreat, v) 5. ... Sef5t 6. Kh7 and 7. Kxh8. Or 5. ... Ke6 6. Kh7 (Bxg7?Sf5t) 6. ... Kf7 7. Bxg7 Bxg7 is given, but 7. Kxh8 looks just as good,wB occupying the d8-h4 diagonal to draw, with care, against 2S's.

No. 1835: V. A. Bron. JRH finds No. 389 in EG10, by Kalandadze (1967),so the judges placed this lower than it would otherwise be. 1. Rg8 with2 lines: - - 1. \.. Qd5 2. Rf8 (against ... Qf7) 2. ... Qd6 3. Re8 with in-cipient zugzwang eventually forced by 3. ... h3 4. f3 Ka8 5. f4 Kb8 6.d5 Ka8 7. Kc8 and bQ has to give up its post. 1 Qb3 2. Rf8 Qb43. Re8 Qd6, when bQ has taken one more move to reach d6. 4. f4 h3 5.d5 Ka8 6. Kc8.

No. 1836: G. J. van Breukelen. In this, the bB's are like starlings mobb-ing an owl (wK), but the owl has the last word. 1. g7/i Bgf>t/ii 2. Ke5/iii"Sg6t/iv 3. Kd6/v Bf4t/vi 4. Kco Be3t 5. Kb4"Bd2t 6. Ka4 Bc2i7. Kb5 Bd3t 8. Kb6 Be3t 9. Kb7/vii Be4t 10. Kc7 Bf4i 11. Kd8/viii Bg5t 12. Ke8 and the promotion (with discovered check) \vins.i) 1. KfVf? Kxa3 2. g7 Bc4t. ii) 1. ... Sh7t 2. Ke7/ix Bg5t 3. Kd6Bf4+ 4. Kc6/x Be4t 5 Kc5 Be3t 6. Kc4, a pendant to the main line,iii) 2. KXM5;J Se6t and 3. ... Sxg7. 2. Kf7? Bg6t 3. Kxf8 Bh6. iv) 2. ...Sd7"; 3. Kd6, or 2. ... Bf4t 3. Kxi'4 or 3. Kd5 (small dual In unimpor-tant variation), v) 3. Kd4? Bf6t 4. Kxd3 Se7 is given as a draw, as is3. Ke6? Kxa3 4. g8Q Bc4t 5. Bd5 Bxd5t. vi) 3. ... Be7t 4. Kc7 wins.vii) 9. Kc7? Bf4t 10. Kd8? Bg5* 11. Ke8 Kxa3 12. g8Q Bb5t, or here

476

No. 1836 G. J. van Breukelen(vii.-viii.71)

2 Hon. Men.,Schakend Nederland, 1971

4

No. 1837 B. Soukup-Bardon<xii.7l)

3rd Hon. Men.,Schakend Nederland, 1971

Win Draw

No. 1838 A. S. Kakovin(xii.71)

1 Commend,Schakend Nederland, 1971

8

No. 1839 A. P. Maximovskikh(vi.71)

2 Commend,Schakend Nederland, 1971

5

Win Win

12. Bd5 Se7. viii) 11. Kd7? Se5t and 12. ... Bh7. ix) 2. Kf7 (e6) Bc4t.x) Also, and this dual is a little more serious, 4. Kc5 Be3f 5. Kb4Bd2f 6. Ka4 Bc2t 7. Kb5 Bd3t 8. Kc6 Be4f 9. Kc5 Be3f as in (ii),but may this not just be a 'waste of time'?

No. 1837: B. Soukup-Bardon. "Carries the hall-mark of the composer."1. ab/i Sxc6/ii 2. ba Sa7 3. Kh7 Kf7 4. Kh6/iii Kf6 5. Kh5 Kf5 6.Kh4 Kf4 7. Kh3, draw, wK now occupying the theoretical drawingzone (for example, see Cheron II, p. 232, No. 965). i) 1. Bxe4? ba andBl will win. ii) 1. ... a5 2. Bxe4 draw, iii) See Cheron II p. 242/3 fortable of squares occupied by K's and free S to win against RP on sixthrank. Work by Pierre Bridier. 4. Kh8? loses, as does any subsequentreturn towards the h8 corner in the solution.

No. 1838: A. 3. Kakovin, "The longest way round is the shortest wayhome." 1. Sf3t Kg3 2. Sxg5 h2t 3. Khl Sg4/i 4. Sh3 Kxh3 5. Qf5Kg3 6. Qg6 Kh3 7. Qe6 Kg3 8. Qg8 Kh3 9. Qc8 Kg3 10. Qc3t wins.i) 3. ... Sxh7 4. Sxh7 wins easily.

477

A. van TetsNo. 1840(

Schakend INederland, 19733 Commend,

No. 1841 Mllenko DukicOriginal

Draw Draw

No. 1842 C. M. Bent1st Commend,

New Statesman, 1971Award l.xii.72

8

No. 1843 C. M. Bent2nd Commend,


Draw Draw

No 1839: A. P. Maximovskikh. 1. d6/i f3/ii 2. d7 f2 3. d8Q flQ 4.Qxh4t Kg6 5. Qg4t Kf6 6. Qxg7t Ke6 7. Qe7t Kd5 8. Qd6f Kc49. Qa6t. i) 1. Sxh4? Kg5 draws, but not 1. ... Kxh4? And also not goodis 1. Sxd4? h.3 2. Sf3 Kg6 3. Kb3 Kf6 4 Kc4 g5 5. Kc5 Ke7 6. Kc6Kd8 7. d6 g4 8. Sd4 h2 9. Se6t Ke8 10. d7t Kf7 11. d8Q hlQt. ii)1. . . . h3 2. d7 h2 3. d8Q hlQ 4. Qh8f. The tries certainly make theinterest.

No. 1840: A. van Tets. "Short solution, rich content." I. Rb5/i Kc7/i.i2. Rc5t Kxb8/iii 3. a5 with a surprising positional draw, for 3. ... Rhl4. Rh5 Rxho is stalemate, as is 3. ... Ra2 4. Rb5t Kc7 5. Rb2 Rxb2, notto mention 3. ... Rbl 4. Rc8t KxcB. i) 1. Rd6t? Kc7 2. Rd7t Kc8 wins.Or 1. Scfit? Kc7 2. Sxa7 Rxa4t. Or 1. Rb4? Kc7 2. Rc4t Kxb8 3. a5Rhl 4. Rc6 Rh.7 wins, and if here 2. Rb7t Kc8 3. Sc6 Rxa4t. ii) 1. ...Rxa4t 2. Kh7. iii) 2. ... Kd6 3. Rb5 Rxa4t 4. Kb7 Rxb8t 5. Kxb8 Kc66. Rh5 is a draw.

No. 1841: M. Dukic, 1. Sc2/i f2/ii 2. Se3t Kh2/iii 3. Sflt and 4. Sxg3.i) 1 Sd3? f2. 1. Sd5? Kf2. ii) 1. ... Kf2 2. Sd4. iii) 2. ... Kh3 3. Kf3flQt/iv 4. Sxfl g2 5. Kf2. iv) 3. ... Kh2 4. Sflt. 3. ... g2 4. Kxf2.

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No. 1844 E. Allan,ird Commrntl,

New Statesman. 1971Award l.xii.72

/

'V( x

No. 1845 P. Perkonoja4th Commend,

New Statesman, 1971Award i.xii.72

W i n

No. !84<> H. F. Blandford5th Commend,


4

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No. 1847 V. A. Bron(5th Commend,


W i n W i n

No. 1842: C. M. Bent. 1. g4t Rxg4 2. fgt Kxg4 3. Sh6f Kf3 4. Sxg8Be4t 5. Kd4 Sf4 6. Bdlt Kf2 7. Bg4 with a real barn-dance (on andon, too, late into the night) 7. ... Bd3 8. Bdl Bc4 9. Bg4 Bd5 10.Bdl Be4 11. Bg4. "Amazing jewel-levered watch mechanism, but over-compensated by a heavy casing and too many non-moving parts!"

No 1843: C. M. Bent. 1. Bd2 e3 2. Bel e2 3. h4 Sf4 4. Bxf4 gi 5. g5tKh5 6. Kh3 fg 7. Bd5 elS 8. Bc4 clS 9. Be2t Sxe2 stalemate. "Theprison of b.K is partially dismantled and the bricks used to build ahermitage for his W counterpart."

No. 1844: E. Allan. 1. c7 Sxc7 2. do Se8/i 3. Ke5 Sg7/ii 4. Kf4/iiiSh5f/iv 5. Kf5/v Sg7f/vi 6. Kg5 f5 7. VCf4/vii Sh5f 8. Kxf5 S^7t 9.Kg5 (g6) wins, i) 2. ... Sb5 3. ab ab 4. :Ie5 b4 5. ab ab 6. Kf6 b3 7.d7. u) 3. ... Sd6 4. Kxd6 f5 5. Ke7. 3. ... f6t 4. Ke6 Sg7t 5. Kxf6Se8t 6. Ke5 Sg7 7. Kf4. iii) 4. Kf6? Se8f 5. Ke7 Sg7 6. Kxf7 Sf5 iv)4. ... f6 5. Kg4 f5t 6. Kf4 (g5). v) 5. Kg5? Sg7 6. Kf6 Se8f 7 Ke5is a loss of time. vi)5. ... f6 6, Kg8 Sf4t 7. Kf7 Sxd5 8. d7. vii) 7.Kg6? f4 draws.

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No. 1845: P. Perkonoja. 1. b7/i Kd7/ii 2. Rd3t/iii Kc6 3. b8St Kb7/iv4. Rb3t Kc8 5. Sc6 clS/v 6. Rbl Sxe2/vi 7. S7f Kd8 8. Rdlt Ke8 9.Sc6 Rh6t 10. Kg7 Rg6f 11. Kh7. i) 1. Rd3t? Kc8 2. Rc3 c6. ii) 1. ...Rh6t 2. Kg7 clQ 3. b8Qt K7 4. Rxf7t Kd6 5. Qd8f Ke5 6. Rxc7Qe3 7. Rc4. iii) 2. b8Q? clQ is a draw. 2. Rc3? Rh8. iv) 3. ... Kb5 4.Rc3 Rh3 5. Rxc7 Rxg3 6. Rxc2 a5 7. Sc6 a4 8 Kxf7 Re3 9. Ke7 a310. Kd6 Ka4 11. Kc5 e5 12. Kc4 Re4t 13. Kd3. v) 5. ... clQ 6. Rb8fKd7 7. Se5t Kd6 8. Rd8t Kc5 9. Sd3t. vi) 6. ... Rhl (h6t) 7. Ke7.

No. 1846: H. F. Blandford. 1. Rf6t Kg7 2. Ke6 elQt 3. Be5 Qa5/i 4.Rf7t Kg8 5. Rg7t Kf8 6. Rg2 Qel 7. Rb2 (c2) Kg8 8. R8t Kh7 9.Rh8t Kg6 10. Rg8t Kh7 11. Rg7t Kh8 12. Rglf wins, i) 3. ... Kh74. Rf7f, but not 4. Rf8? h4.

No. 1847: V. A. Bron. 1. d7/i Sxd7 2. cd Qe7/ii 3. Rf8t/iii Rxf8 4. g7tKh7 5. gfSt Kxh6 6. d8B Q- 7. Bg5t. i) 1. Rf8t? Rxf8 2. g7t Kg8.1. g7t? Kh7. ii) 2. ... Qxd7 3. g7t. iii) 3. g7t? Kh7.

Provisional Award No's 1848-1869

ASSIAC JUBILEE TOURNEY of E G, 1972

Closing date was 30.xi.72Judges: ASSIAC and A. J. Roycroft

This, the third 'jubilee' tourney of EG, surpassed its predecessors inboth the quantity and the quality of entries. In retrospect this can beseen to have been the combined consequence of: better planning, along time ahead; the international renown of Heinrich Fraenkel'sASSIAC column in the New Statesman and its regular biennial formaltourneys; and the offer of rare books as prizes. Planning involved notmerely the publicity in EG, but sending details immediately to allknown magazine editors: this led, for example, to a notice in Shakh-maty v SSSR, a magazine which is 'frozen' (i.e. no more text can beadded) two months ahead of distribution (a fact which incidentallyexplains why its ix.72 number contains no mention of the Spassky-Fischer match which began in early vii.72). Of the fine total of 72entries, 28 came from the U.S.S.R., 16 from Israel (8 from one youngcomposer), 7 from Belgium (all from Mr Vandiest), 4 from the Nether-lands, 3 from England, 2 from Czechoslovakia, Finland and Romania,and 1 from Bulgaria, Eire, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain, SouthAfrica, Switzerland and U.S.A. (That these total 73 is accounted forby one cooperative effort from Finland and the U.S.S.R.).

'At least 3' prizes were announced, but. Mr Fraenkel has generouslydonated further books (not all of them rare) to reflect the standardof entries and to allow the event to assume major proportions. It hasgiven him special pleasure that a number of young composers, mostlynew to study composing, have entered the lists, and accordingly thereare 4 prizes in the 'new young composer' special category. A greatdeal of work has been entailed, by ASSIAC himself, by Richard Harman(whose hidden influence on the award - the studies which do notappear - was considerable) and by the co-judge (who was also direc-tor, anonymiser and general adviser).

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The honoured studies have not been subjected to rigorous analyticalscrutiny, so it is to be expected that there will be casualties. Claims(serious anticipation or unsoundness) should reach A.IR within 2months of the last day of the month of issue of EG32. There are noreserve entries. All unsuccessful entries have_. already been returnedto the composers.

AJRLondon, May 1973

No. 1848 J. Rusinek(Poland, 60)

1st Prize.Assiac Jubilee Tourney

of EG, 1972Award v.73 (in EG32)

No, 1849 J. Vandiest(Belgium, 55)

2nd Prize,Assiac Jubilee Tourney

of EG, 1972

Draw 3+4 Draw 2+3

No. 1848: J, Rusinek. 1. Ba6f Kf2 2. Ba7f Kg3 3. Bc5 Sblt 4. Kc2e5/i 5. Bd6 Kf4 6. Bd3/ii Rgl 7. Bc5 Rg3 8 Bf8/iii Rf3/iv 9. Bd6/vRh3 10. Bb4 Rh6/vi 11. Kb3 Rh3 12. Kc2 Rf3 13. Bd6, positionaldraw, i) 4. ... e6 5. Bc4 eo 6. Bd6 Kf4 7. Bd3 transposes, ii) This isactually Zugzwang, for if W were to play Bl would win. iii) 8. Bb4?Rh3 will put W in Zugzwang, for 9. Bd6 Rhl 10. B- e4, or 9. Bf8 (e7)Sc3 8. Bd6? Rf3 9. Bb4 Rh3, or here 9. (else) Sc3. 8. Be7? Rg7.i) 8. ... Rg8 9. Bh6f. v) Restoring the precarious bind, vi) Threatening... e4. "A positional draw masterpiece of startling originality, in minia-ture form, and of flawless construction. The whole board is used, thereare no captures, the play is the opposite of flashy, and the central Zug-zwang is extraordinary."

No. 1849: J. Vandiest. 1. f7 c2 2. f8Q clQt 3. Qfl/i Qc5t/ii 4. Qf2/iii Qclt/iv 5. Qfl Qe3t/v 6. Qf2/vi Qclt 7. Qfl/vii Qg5 8. Qc4/viiiQe3t/ix 9. Kfl Kh4/x 10. Qg8/xi Bd3t/xii 11. Kg2 Qe2f 12. Kgl/xiii Qflt 13. Kh2 Qf2t/xiv 14 Qg2 Qf4f/xv 15. Kgl/xvi, draw,i) 3. Kf2? Qd2f 4. Kfl Bd3f 5. Kgl Qelf 6. Kh2 Qg3f 7. Khl Be4f.ii) 3. ... Qg5 4. Qc4 as main. 3. ... Qe3f 4. Qf2. 3. ... Qd2 4. Qe2t. iii)4. Kh2? Qe5t 5. Kgl Qg3t. iv) 4. ... Qg5 5. Kfl Bd3t 7. Kg2 v) 5. ...Qg5 shortens, vi) 6. Kh2? Qg3 mate, vii) 7, Kh2? Qhl mate" viii) SeeNo. 1849a for analysis of the remarkable number of failing alternatives,ix) 8. ... Kf3t 9. Kfl Qd2 10. Qf7t Ke3 11. Qa7t, or here 9. ... Qg2t 10.Kel Qf2t 11. Kdl. 8. ... Kg3 9. Qc3t Kf4t 10. Kfl Qg2t 11. Kel. x) Tem-po 9. ... Kg3 10. Qg8t. 9. ... Kh3 10. Qe6t Kh2 11. Qe5f. xi) Only! 10 Qe2(b5, a6)? Bd3(t). 10. Qa2? Qh3f 11. K - Qhlt. 10. Qb4? Kh3 10. Qa4?Kg3. 10. Qe6? Bd3t. 10. Qf7? Fd3 | 11. Kg2 Qg3f Khl Be4f. xii) 10. . . Qd4

481

No. 1849a J. Vandiest(Position after 7. . . Qg5

in No. 1849}

No. 1850 V. A. Bron(USSR, 27)

3rd Prize,Assiac Jubilee Tourney

of EG, 1972

Diavv 2-f:; Win 7+7

11 Kel (e2). 10 ... Qc3 11. Qd8t Kg3 12. Qg8t. xiii) 12. Khl? Be4t1Z Kgl Qelt 14. Kh2 Qf2t. xiv) 13. ... Qf4f 14. Kgl (g2). xv) 14. ...Qe3 allows 15. Qg8 (g7). xvi) But 15. Khl? Be4. A last trap for W toavoid. "The notes are mainly as supplied by the composer. What im-pressed the judges was the main line with not a single check by thedrawing W force in 15 moves in a setting and with material where thenatural expectation is a perpetual check draw at some stage. Of course,perpetuate occur in supporting lines. The composer's other entries,which illustrated similar material, all suffered from anticipations and/or duals."

No. 1849a: J. Vandiest. The draw by 8. Qc4 is shown in No. 1849. Herewe list the moves that fail.(i) 1. Kh2? Qh4f 2. Kgl Qg3t. (ii) 1. Kf2? Qc5t 2. Kel (Ke2, Bd3t)2. ... Qc3f 3. Kf2 (Ke2/dl, Bd3t/f3f) 3. ... Qg3t 4. Ke2 Bd3t. (iii)1. Qf7 (f8)? Kh3t 2. Kfl Bd3t 3 Kel Qe3t 4. Kdl Qe2t, or here 2.Kf2 Qcl2t 3. Kfl Bg2t 4. Kgl Qelt. (iv) 1. Qf2? Kh3f 2. Kfl Bd3f 3.Kel Qcl mate, (v) 1. Qel? Kf3t 2. K- Qg2 mate, (vi) 1 Qal? Kf3t.(vii) 1. Qa6? Qe3t 2. Kfl Bd3t. (viii) 1. Qdlt? Kf4t 2. Kfl Qg2f 3.Kel Qglt 4. Kd2 Qe3 mate, or here 4. Ke2 Bf3t, or 2. Kf2 Qg3t 3. KflBd3t. (ix) The composer comments that 1. Qe2t? makes for ?a studywithin a study'. 1. ... Kg3 2. Kfl/x Qf4t 3. Kel/xi Qclt 4. Qdl Qe3t5. Qe2 Oglt 6. Qfl/xii Qd4 7. Qe2/xiii Bf3/xiv 8. Qc2/xv Qb4t 9.Kfl/xvi Qbot 10. Kgl Qb6f 11. Kfl Qa6t 12 Kel Qa5t 13. Qd2 Qaltand mate next move.x) 2. Qf2t Kh3t 3. Kfl Bd3t. 2. Qh2t Kf3f 3. Khl Ke3t. 2. Qxe4Oclt. 2. Qfl Qe3t. 2. Qelt Kf3t and 3. ... Qg2 mate. 2. Qc4 (b5, a6)Qe8t, 2. Qdl Qe3t 3. Kfl Bd3t. 2. Qb2 (a2) Qe3t. AJR: Alas, the one Wmove not given, 2.Og21\ draws, not noticed while judging. . . xi) 3. KglQclt 4. Qfl Qe3t. xii) 6. Kd2 Qd4t 7. Kel Bf3. or here 7. Kel Qc3t 8.KdlBf3. xiii) 7. Qf7 (f8) Qc3t 8. Ke2 Bf3t 9. Kfl Qcl mate. 7. Qb5 (a6)Qc3t 8. Ke2 (Kfl, Bd3t) 8. ... Bf3f. xiv) 7. ... Bd3? 8. Qxd3t Qxd3stalemate, xv) 8. Qa2 (b5, a6) or other wQ moves are met by mate.xvi) 9. Qd2 Qblt wins. The composer comments: i;The idea in (ix) can-not be turned into a winning manoeuvre (i.e. by inverting the colours)without adding some distasteful duds."

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No. 1851 V. Dorogov(USSR, 20)

4th Prize,Assiac Jubilee Tourney

of EG, 1972

No. 1852 A. Maksimovskikhand P. Perkonoja

(USSR and Finland, 16)5th Prize,

* ss ac ubike Tournevi FG ]T72

44-3 Win 10-f7

No. 1850: V. A. Bron. "Superb tempo play supported by sacrifices byW and BL, not to mention difficult supporting lines. Missing is onlya neat conclusion." 1. Rc8t/i Kxc8 2. cb Qa6t/ii 3. Kxa6 Sc7t 4.Ka7/iii Sb5f 5. Ka8/iv ScTf 6. be blQ 7. a4 Ob2 8. Bhl/v Qbl/vi 9.Bg2 Qb3/vii 10. Be4! Qb2 11. Bd5 Qbl/viii 12. Ka7/ix Qb2 13. Bb6and the threat of 14. Bb7 mate wins, i) 1. Bb7? d5/x 2. Rc8t Kd7 3.c6t Ke6 4. Rxa8 ba 5. c7 Qxf2t 6. Kb8 Qf4 7. Ra6t Ke7 8. Rb6 d4.ii) 2. ... Sxb6 3. Bxb6 Qa6f 4. Kxa6 blQ 5. Ka7 d6 6. Be6 mate.2. ... Kd8 3. b7t Ke7 4. b8Q blQ/xi 5. Bd8f Kf8 6. Bb6t Kg7 (Ke7;Qe5t) 7. Bd4f Kg6 8. Qg8t. iii) 4. be? blQ 5. Bg2 Qd3f 6. Kb6 (Ka7,Qb5) 6. Qblf 7. Ka6 Qd3t. iv) 5. Ka6? blQ is stronger than 5. ... Sc7tsimply repeating, v) The tempo play is to reach the same position asbefore this move, but with Bl to move. The tactics supporting this arenot obvious. 8. Bg2? g3! Or 8. Be4? Qb3 9. Ka7 g3 10. fg Qe3t.vi) 8. ... Qb3 9. Be4 shortens the solution, vii) 9. ... Qb2 10. Bd5achieves the loss of a move. W's reply stops ... d5 (mate by Bf5).viii) Now the winning manoeuvre, playing wK to a7, is pos-sible without either ... Qx f2t or ... d5 being on. ix) 12. f4? g3 13. f5 g214. Bxg2 Qb3 15. f6 d5 and bQ covers h3. If here 13. Ka7 g2 14. Bxg2Qglt (or 14. Bb6 Qxb6f). x) 4. ... Qxf2t 5. Kxa8 Qc5 6. Bd8t.

No. 1851: V. Dorogov. 1. Sf6t Kh8/i 2. Re3/ii Rg2t 3. Kbl Rglf 4. Kb2Rg2t 5. Kcl Rglt 6. Kd2 Rel/iii 7. Rc3/iv Rcl/v 8. Ra3/vi Ral/vii9. Rxal Sb3t 10. Kc3 Sxal 11. Sg4 wins, i) 1. ... Kf7 2. h7 Rg2t 3.Ka3 Sb5t 4. Kb3. ii) 2 Rc3? Rg2f 3. Kbl Rglt 4. Kb2 Rg2t 5. KclSe2t. Or 2. Ra3? Rg2t 3. Kbl Rglt 4. Kb2 Rg2t 5. Kcl Rglt 6. Ke2Rg2t 7. Kel Sc2t. iii) 6. ... Sf3t 7. Kc2 Sd4t 8. Kd3. iv) 7. Ra3? Re2t8. Kd3 Re3t 9. Kxe3 Sc2t. Or 7. Rg3? Sf3t 8. Kc2 Rgl 9. Rxf3 Rg2t10. Kd3 Rg3, or here 8. Rxf3 Re2t 9. Kd3 Re3t. v) 7. ... Sf3t 8. Kc2Sd4t 9. Kd3. vi) 8. Rg3? Rgl or ... Rc2t (for checking on ranks untilKg2, Rglt). vii) 8. ... Rc8 9. Ra7 Sf3t 10. Ke3 Sg5 11. Kf4 Rc4t/viii12. Kxg5 Rc5t 13. Kg6 Rg5t 14. Kf7 Rao 15. Re7 Ra7 16. Sg4. viii)11. ... Se6t 12. Kf5 Sc7 13. Kg6. "The manoeuvres, and the tries, speakfor themselves, and speak loudly."

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No. 1853 Dr A. van Tets(South Africa, 32)

6th Prize,Assiac Jubilee Tourney

of EG, 1972

NTo. 1854 A. H. Branton(USA, 10)

1 H.M..Assiac Jubilee Tourney

of EG, 1972

4+4 Draw 3+3

No. 1852: A. Maksimoskikh and P. Perkonoja. 1. Ra2/i Rf5t 2. Kd6/iiaRxf7/iii 3. Sh6/iv Rd5t 4. Kxc6 fRd7 5. Sg4f Kg3/v 6. Sf6 Se5t7. Kb6 Rb5t/vi 8. Kxa6 dRb7 9. Se4t Kg4 10. eSd6 wins/vii. i) 1. Rc2?Rf5t 2. Kd6/viii aRxf7 3. Sh6 Rd5t 4. Kxc6 Rd8 draws. Or 1. Rd2?Rf5f 2. Kd6 aRxf7 3. Sh6 Rd5t 4. Kxc6 Rxd3 draw. Or 1. Re2? Rf5t2. Kd6 aRxf7 3. Sh6 Rd5t 4. Kxc6 fRd7 5. Sg4t Kgl 6. Relf Kxg27. Se3t Kf2 draw, ii) 2. Kxc6? aRxf7 3 Sh6 Se5t 4. Kd_ Rf2 5. Rxa3Rf8 6. Kxe5 Re2f 7. K- Rxc8. iii) 2. ... Rd5t 3. Kxc6 aRd7 4. Sf6Se51 5. Kb6 Rb5t 6. Kxa6 wins, iv) 3. g4t? Rf2 and a draw, v) 5. ...Kl 6. Rait Kxg2 7. Se3t K- 8. Sxd5 wins, vi) 7. ... Sxd3 8. Sxd7Sxb4 9. Rxa3 Rb5t 10. Kc7 Rxg5 11. Sd6 Kxg2 12. Ra4 Sd5t 13.Kb7 Rg3 14. Sc5 wins, or in this 9. ... Rxd7 10. Ra4 Sd3 11. Rxa6Rg7 12. Ra5. vii) For instance 10. ... Rxb4 11. Sxb7 Rxb3 12. Sc5Sxd3/ix 13 Sxb3 Sb4t 14. Ka5 Sxa2 15. g6. viii) 2. Kxc6 aRxf7 3.Sh6 Se5t 4. K- Rf2. ix) 12. .. . Rc3 13. d4 Sc6 14. g6. "No miniaturethis time, but an intimidating repetition performance."

No. 1853. A. van Tets. 1. Rf6/i Kxe2/ii 2. Sxb5/iii f2/iv 3. Sd4t/v Kfl/vi4. Sf5/vii g2 5. Sg3t/viii Kgl/ix 6. Se2t Kfl/x 7. Sf4/xi Kgl/xii 8.Kd2 (d3)/xiii flQ/xiv 9. Se2t Qxe2t/xv 10. Kxe2 Kh2 11. Rh6t/xvi Kgl12. Rg6/xvii wins, i) 1. Rf8? Kxe2 2. Sxb5 f2 3. Sd4t Kfl 4. Sf5 g25. Sg3t Kgl 6. Se2t Kfl 7. Sf4 glQ 8. Rb8 Og6t 9. Sxg6 Kgl. 1.Sd5t? Kxe2 2. Sc3t Ke3 3. Re41 Kf2 4. Sdlt Kgl 5. Kd2 (Relf, Kh2or Se3, g2) 5. ... g2 6. Ke3 Kfl. ii) 1. ... fe 2 Sd5t Kd4 3. Kd2. iii)2. Se6? f2 3. Sf4t Ke3 4. Sg2t Ke2 5. Re6f Kf3 6. Sh4t Kg4 7. Re4tKh3 8 Rf4 g2. iv) 2 ... Ke3 3. Sd4 f2 4. Sf5t Kf4 5. Sxg3t. v) 3.Sc.W Kel 4. Re6t Kfl. vi) 3. ... Kel 4. Sf3t Ke2 5. Sd2 flQ (g2; Re6mate} 6. Rxi'l £2 7. Ral Kf2 (Ke3; Ra3f, K-; Sf3) 8. Se4t K- 9. Rgl.vii) 4 Sf3? £2 5.Kd2 «1Q 6. Sxgl Kg2 7. Rg6t Kfl 8. S- stalemate,or here 5. Kd3 glQ 6.' Sxgl Kg2 7. Rg6t Khl 8. Rh6t Kg2. viii) 5.Kd2? Kgl 6. Sd4 Kf] 7. Sc2 Kgl ix) 5. ... Kel 6. Re6 mate, x) 6. ...Kh2 7 Rho mate, xi) For 7. Kd2 or Kd3, see (vii). xii) 7. ... glQ 8.RbB Og6f 9. Rxgfi, or 7. ... glS 8. Rbfi Sf3 9. Rblt Self 10, Kd2 Kgl11. Sh3* K^2 12. Sxf2. xiii) 8. Sh3t? Kh2 9. Rxf2 Kxh3. xiv) 8. ... Kh29. Sxg2 Kxg2 10. Ke3 wins, xv) 9, . . Kh2 10. Rh6 mate, xvi) 11. Kf3?glSt draws, xvii) 12. Kf3? Kfl 13. Ra6 glSf draws. "It is not extraor-dinary that W wins, seeing his material preponderance, but the do's anddon'ts on the way are as complex as traffic control in a city."

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No. 5855 I). Gurgenidze(USSR, 70)

2 H.M..\ssi«ie Jub i l ee I r u i n e v

oi F'Cr, 1072

No. 1856 Yakoli Benjamin(Israel, X\)

:*rd H.M..Assiac Jubilee Tourney

of KG, 1972

I

k

^;;f!AL/"' 7%'y

W i n 9+4 Draw

No. 1854: A. H Branton. 1. Ka4/i Kd3/ii 2. Kb3 h5/iii 3. Sc3/iv Kxe3/v4 Kc2/vi h4 5. Kdl/vii h3 6. Kel h2/viii 7. Sdlt Kf3 8. Sf2 e3 9. Kfl/ix Kg3/x 10. Shlt/xi Kf3 11. Sf2/xii Kg3 12. Shlf Kh3 13. Ke2 Kg214. Kxe3 Kxhl 15. Kf2 draw, i) 1. Sd2t? Kd3 2. Sfl Ke2 3. Sh2/xiiih5 4. Kb4 Kf2 5. Kc4 Kg2 6 Kd4 Kxh2 7. Kxe4 Kg2 8. Kf4 h4 wins.Or 1. Kb6? Kd3 2. Kc5 h5 3. Kd5 h4 wins, ii) 1. ... h5 2. Sd2t Kd33. Sfl h4/xiv 4. Kb3 h3 5. Sh2 Kxe3 6 Kc2 (c3) Kf2 7. Kd2 Kg2/xv8. Sg4 Kg3 9. Se3 Kf3/xvi 10. Sfl e3t 11. Kd3 (Sxe3? h2) 11. .. . e212. Sh2t Kf2/xvii 13. Sg4t Kf3 14. Sh2t Kf2 15. Sg4t Kfl 16 Sh2t(Se3t? Kgl) 16. .. . Kel 17. Sg4/xviii Kdl 18. Sf2t/xix Kel 19. Sg4(Sxh3? Kgl) 19. ... Kfl 20. Sh2t draw, iii) 2. ... Kxe3 3 Sc3 h5 4.Kc2 as in main line, iv) 3. Sa3? h4 4. Sc4 h3 5. Se5f Kxe3 6. Sg4f/xxKf3 7. Sh2t Kg2 8. Sg4 h2 9. Sxh2 10 Kc2 Kg2 11. Kd2 Kf2 wins,v) 3. ... h4 4. Sdo Kd2 5. Sf4 Kxe3 6. Sg2t Kf2 7. Sxh4 e3 8. Sg6 e29. Sf4 elQ 10. Sd3t and 11. Sxel. vi) 4. Sd5f? Kf3 wins, vii) 5. Sdlt?Kf3 6. Kd2 h3 7. Kel e3 (... h2; Sf2 as main line) 8. Kfl e2t wins,viii) 6. ... Kf3 7. Sxe4 Kxe4 8. Kf2 drawn, ix) 9. Shi? Kg2 10 Ke2Kxhl. x) 9. . . . ef stalemate, xi) 10. Se4f? Kf4. xii) 11. Kel? Kg2. xiii)3. Sg3t Kxe3 4. Kb4 Kf3 5. Sf5/xxi e3 6. Kc4 e2 7. Sd4f Kf2 8. Sc2elQ 9. Sxel Kxel 10. Kd3 Kf2 11. Ke4 Kg3 12. Kf5 h5 13. Kg5 h4wins, xiv) 3. ... Ke2 4. Sg3t Kxe3 5. Sxh5 Kf3 6. Sg7 (Kb3?) e"3 7.Sf5 e2 8. Sd4t and 9. Sxe2. xv) 7. . . . e3t 8. Kd3 e2 9. Sg4t as in (ii).xvi) 9. ... h2 10. Sflt and 11. Sxh2. xvii) 12. ... Kg2 13. Kxe2 14.Kf2 drawn, xviii) 17. Sf3t? Kdl 18. K- h2 wins, xix) 18. Se3f? Kel19. Kxe2 h2 wins, xx) 6. Kc3 Kf4 7. Sg6t Kg3 wins, xxi) 5. Sxe4 Kxe46. Kc3 h5 7. Kd2 Kf3 8. Kel Kg2 wins. Or 5. Sfl e3."Yet another miniature. In the style that EG-readers came to associatewith W.D. Ellison in his short association with the magazine." AJR:Composer's letter of lO.v.73 reports discovery of a cook, despite note (i),by 1. Kb6.

No. 1855: D. Gurgenidze. 1. c7 b3t 2. Ka3 Bf8t/i 3. Kb2/ii f 4. KelBhfit 5. g5 BxgSt 6. Kb2 Bf6t 7. Ka3 ;:,7t 8. d6 Bxd6f 9. Kb2/iii Be5t10. Kel Bf4t 11. e3 Bxe3t 12. Kb2 Bd-^ 13. Ka3 Bc5t 14. Ka4 b2t1~). Ka5 blQ 16. Bf3 mate, or 15. ... Bb4f 16. Ka6. i) 2. ... Kb7 3. g5b2 4. Bg4. ii) 3. Ka4? b2t 4. Ka5 bJQ 5. Qb4t 6. Kb6 QdO 7. Kc6Qc5t 8. Kd7 Qe7t. iii) 9. Ka4? b2t 10. Ka5 Bxc7f 11. Bxc7 Kb7 12.1)6 blQ and a draw. "The first in the award that could be said to be in apopular style, but well deserving its place."

485

No. 1857 A. S. Kakovin(USSR, 24)

4th H.M.,Assiac Jubilee Tourney

of EG, 1972

No. 1858 A. S. Kakovin(USSR. 23)

5th H.M.,Assiac Jubilee Tourne\

o' EG, 1972

Draw 5-f4 Draw

No. 1856: Y. Benjamin. 1. Kf6 flQ 2. Ra5/i h5/ii 3. Ra8f Kh7 4. Ra7f Kh65. Ra8 Qalt/iii 6. Rxal f2/iv 7. Ke5 e3 8. Ra6t Kg7 9. Ra7t Kf8 10.Ra8t Ke7 11. Ra7t Kd8/v 12. Kd6 Kc8/vi 13. Kc6 Kb8 14. Rf7 e2 15.Rf8t Ka7 16. Rf7t Ka6 17. Rxf2/vii elQ 18. Ra2t Qa5 19. Rxa5tKxa5 draw, i) 2. Rg5t? Kf8 3. Ra5 Ke8 4. Ke6 Qt wins, ii) 2. . . . Qalf ?3. Rxal h5 4. Kg6 Kf8 5. Rfl. 2. ... Qa6t? 3 Rxa6 h5 4. Kg6 Kf85. Re6. iii) 5. ... Qa6t 6. Rxa6 f2 7. Ke7f Kg7 8. Rf6 e3 9. Rf7t draw,iv) 6. ... e3 7. Ra8 Kh7 8. Ra7t Kh6 9. Ra8. v) 11. .. . Ke8 12. Ke6, asbelow, vi) 12. ... Ke8 13. Ke6 Kf8 14. Rf7t Kg8 15. Ke7 as in (iii).vii) 17. Rf8? Ka5. "It is the setting and the length and several newpoints that bring this basically hackneyed idea to life."

No. 1857: A. S. Kakovin. 1. b8Q Bxb8 2. Bc8 BxeSt 3. Kb3/i Sd4t/ii4. Kc4 Kg4 5. Kd5 Kf5 6. g4t Kf6 7. got Kf5/iii 8. Bd7 Bg7 9. Bc8 Bh810. Bd7, positional draw, i) 3. Kc2? Kxg3 4. Bxe6 Sd4t 5. Kd3 Sxe6.ii) 3. ... Kxg3 4 Bxe6 Sd4t 5. Kc4 Sxe6 6. Kd5. iii) 7. ... Ke7 8.BxeO Sxe6 9. Kxe5. "Draws with a lone bishop maintaining a para-lysing pin are well known, but to achieve it against bB and bS whenthey support the pinned bR is quite new."

No. 1858: A. S. Kakovin. 1. Kf6/i flQt 2. Bf5t Ka2 3. Rc3 Qa6f 4.Be6t/ii Kbl 5. Ba3 Qflt 6. Bfot/iii Ka2 7. Bel Qa61 8. Be6t positi-onal draw, i) 1. Bb5? Sd6t. 1. Bf4? flQ 2. Rclt Qxel 3. Bxcl Kxcl.n) 4. Kg?? ShG. 4. Ke7? Qd6t. iii) 6. Ke7? h3. "An attractive mecha-nism..'''

No. 1859: V. Pachman. 1 a7/i Ral 2. e? Rxa7 3. Bh3/ii Rg51 4. fgRxc7 5. Kf6 Sg6 6. Kf5 Sh4t 7. Kf6 draw, i) 1. Bh3? ef. ii) 3. e8Q?Sxg2. ;'A problemist's hand shows in the self-block on h4."

No I860: V. Kalandadze. 1. Kb? Rb3t 2, Kc7/i Rc\3t 3. Kd7 Rd3t 4.Ke7 Re3t 5. Kf7 Rf3t 6. Kg? Rg3t 7. Kh7 Rxh3t 8. Kg? Rg3t 9.Kf7 Rf3t 10. Ke7 Re3t 11. Kd7Rd3t 12. Kc7 Rc3t 13. Kb? Rb3t 14.Ka6 a3 15. a8Q a2 16. Qh8t Kg2 17 Qal wins/ii. i) 2. Ka6? a3 3.a8Q a2 4. Qh8 Ra3t. ii) 17. ... Ra3t is. Kb5 Ra8 19. Qg?t Kf2 20.Qf6t Ke2 21. Qe5t Kd2 22. Qd5t Kc2 23. Qxa8 Kb2 24. Qg2t wins.

48H

No. 1859 V. Pachman(Czechoslovakin, 22)Gth H.M.

Assiac Jubiht Iouine\ot IG, i'K2

!•>

K

Draw

Vo. 1861

Assii

6+6

W. Naef(Switzerland, 49)

2 Comm.,c Jubilee Tourneyof EG, 1972

No. 1860 V. Kalandadzc(USSR. 47)

1 Comm.,Assiac Jubilee1 Tourney

of EG, 1972

W i n

No. 1862 D. Gurgpnidzo(USSR, 71)

?> Comm.,Assiac Jubilee Tournev

of EG. 1972

Draw 74 8 Win b f 5

No. 1861: W. Naef. 1. Sf2/i Bd4 2. e3 Bxe3/ii 3. Sd3t/i i i Kb l / iv 4.Sb2 Bd4/v 5. Sdl /v i Kcl 6. Sb5/vii cb/viii 7. Sb2/ix Bxb2/x 8. Rc7tKbl /x i 9. Rc2 d lR/xi i 10. Rxb2f Kcl 11. Rc2t Kbl 12. Rb2f Kal13. Ra2t perp. check, i) 1. Se3? Bd4 2. Rxe7 Bxe3 3. Rxe3 d lQt 4.Ka3 b5 5 Rc3f Kbl 6. Rb3t Kal wins, ii) 2. ... Bxa7 3. Rxe7 and 4.Kc3. iii) 3. Sb5? Bxf2 4. Sc3 Bd4 5. Se2f Kbl 5, Sxd4 d lQt . iv) 3 ...Kdl 4. Rxe7. v) 4. ... Bxa7 5. Rxe7 Bd4 6 Re2 Bxb2 7. Rxd2, or here6. ... Kcl 7. Sd3f Kdl 8. Rg2. vi) 5. Sb5? Bxb2 and Bl wins, vii) 6.Rxe7? Kxdl, or 6.Sc8? Kxdl 7.Sxd6 Kcl. viii) 6. . . . Kxdl 7. Sxd4. ix)7. Rc7t? Kxdl 9. Rxe7 Kcl. x) 7. . . . dlQf 8. Sxdl Kxdl 9. Rxe7. 7. . . .Bf6 8. Rc7f Kbl 9. Sdl . xi) 8. . . . Kdl 9. Kxb2 Ke2/xiii 10. Rxe7t Kd311. Rd7 dlQ 12. Rxd6f Ke2 13. Rxdl Kxdl 14. Kc3 bo 15. Kd3. xii) 9. . . .dlQ(B) stalemate. 9. . . . d lS 10. Rd2 Kcl 11. Rc2t Kbl 12. Rd2 or here10. . . . Se3 11. Rxb2t Kcl 12. Rf2 a;sd 13. Rf7. 9. . . . Bel 10. Rb2f.9. . . . Bc3 10. Rb2f. 9 Be5 (f6) 10. Rxd2 Kcl 11. Rd5 b6 12. Rxb5 Bd413. Kc4. xiii) 9. . . . e5 10. Rg7 e4/xiv 11. Rglf Ke2 12. Kc2 e3 13. Rhl d514. Rh2 | Kf3 15. Rh3f Kf2 16. Rh2t Kg3 17. Rh5 d4 18. Rhl Kg2/xv 19.Rh5 d3f 20. Kdl Kf3 21. Rf5f Ke4 22. Re5f Kd4 23. Rd5f Kc3 24. Rxd3fKxd3 stalemate, xiv) 10. . . . Ke2 1.1. Rg2f Kd.3 12. Rg3f. xv) 18. . . . Kf419. Rh4f Ke5 20. Rh5t Ke4 21. Rh4t Kd5 22. Rh5t Kc4 23. Rh4 draw.

487

No. 1863 J. Lazar(Hungary, 13)

4 Comrn.,Assiac Jubilee Tour n\

of FC. if)72

No. 1864 A. Grin(USSR, 30)

5 Comrn..Assiac Jubilee Tourney

of EG, 1972

Draw Win

V. Neidze(USSR, 69)

6th Comm.\ssiac Tubiloc Tourney

ol I Cx, 1972

5-{-8

W i n 5 f 4

No 1862: D. Gurgenidze. 1. a7/i Ra i t 2. Kb2/ii Rb l t 3. Kc2 Kelt 4.Kd2 Rd l t 5. Ke2 Rel t C. Kf2 Rfl t / i i i 7. Kg3 Rxh3t/ iv 8. Kg4 Rh4t9. Kxg5 Rh5t 10. Kg6 Rh6t 11. Kg7 Rh7f 12. Kg8 Rgl t 13. Kf8Rflt 14. Ke8 wins, i) 1. b8Q? Rail 2 Kxal h lQt . ii) 2. Kb3? Rxh3t.iii) 6. ... h lQ 7. a8Qt Kb5 8. b8QVi. iv) 7. ... Rf3t 8. Kxh2 Rhxh3t9. Kg2.

No. 1863: J Lazar. 1. Sd3t Kb5/i 2. Sxb2 a3 3. c4t/ii dc/iii 4. Sdl c25. Sc3t Kb4/iv 6. Sa2t Kb3 7. Kd3 draw — if 7. ... Kb2? 8. a6 wins,i) 1. ... Ka3 2. Sxb2 Kxb2 3. a6. Or 1. ... Kxa5 2 Sxb2 a3 3. Sc4t.ii) 3. a67 a2 and Bl wins, iii) 3. ... Kxa5 4. Sd3 a2 5. Scl a lQ 6. Sb3tOr 3. ... Kc.r> 4. Sd.'it Kxc4 5. Scl wins. Or 3.... Ka6 (c6) 4. Sd3 a25. Sb4t wins, iv) 5. ... Kxa5 6. Sa2 Ka4 7. c!4 Kb3 8. Sell Kb2 9.Kd2 W wins.

No. 1864: A. Grin. 1. b7/i Qxb7/ii 2. BbBt e5 3. Bxc5t fe 4. Qxhl t Qxhl /iii 5. Bf3 e4/iv 6. Bxe4 e5/v 7. Rf3. i) 1. Bb8t? e5 2. Bxe5t fe 3. b7Qa6t. ii) 1. ... Qg8 2. b8Qt. iii) 4. ... Kxhl 5. Bf3t. iv) 5. ... Qxf3 stale-mate, v) 6. ... Qxe4 stalemate.

488

No. 186() Paul(Israel, :>,)

Pri/e Un i new composer,Vssiac Jubilee Tourney

( f I'C;. 1()72

No. 1867 Johuda Hoch(Israel, 35)

Prize for a new composer,Assiac Jubilee Tourney

of I G, 1{)72

Draw W i n 3+3

No. 1865: V. Neidze. 1. f8Qt Ka7 2. Qe7t/i Kxa6 3. Sc7t Kb7 4. Sb5t/iiKa6/iii 5. Qe4/iv alSt 6. Kdl and now 6. ... Kxb5 7. Qc4 mate, or 7. ...Qxb5 7. Qa8 mate, i) 2. Qg7t? Kxa6 3. Qal Qa4t 4. Kd2/vi Qb4t 5. Ke3Qbl. ii) 4. Sd5f? Ka6 5. Sb4t Qxb4 or 5. Qe4 Kc7. iii) 4. ... Kc6 5. Qc7tKd5 6. Qd6 mate. 4. ...Kb8 (a8) 5. Qd8t Kb7 6. Qc7t Ka6 7. Qc8t. iv)Threat 6. Sc7t Ka7 7. QaS mate, and putting Bl also in Zugzwang. v)Zugzwang. vi) 4. Kb2 Qb5f 5. Kxa2 Qxd3. 4. Kcl Qc6t.No. 1866: P. Sadger. 1. h8R/i b2/ii 2. h7 blS/iii 3. Sh6 Sd2/iv 4. Rg8/vSc4 5. h8B d6 stalemate, Bl having no time to checkmate, I) 1. h8Q? b22. h7 blS 3. Sh6 Sd2 4. ... Sc4 and Bl mates after 5. ... d6. 1. ab? a2.1. h8S? b2 2. h7 blS 3. Sh6 Sd2 4. Qg8 Sc4 5. S8f7 d5 and dP queenswhile wSf7 has to stay put. ii) 1. ... ba? 2. h7 alQ 3. Sh6 a2 4. Qg8Qxf6/v 5. Qf7 alQ/vii 6. Qxf6 Qxf6 7. Sg8 Qxg5 8. Kf7. iii) 2. ... blQ3. Sh6 and 4. Qg8. iv) 3. ... Sc3? 4. Qg8 (Rg8? Sb5) 4. ... Se4 5. Kf7Sxg5t 6. Ke8 d5 7. Sf7 Se5 8. g5 wins, v) 4. Qg8? Sc4 5. Kf7 Se5t 6.Kd8 d5 7. Sf7 Sc4 8. S- Sd6 mate, vi) 4. ... Qb2 5. Kf7 alQ 6. e8Qt.vii) 5. ... Qb2 6. f6 alQ 7. Rf5 co 8. Qg8 wins, or 6. ... c5 7. Qg8 Qxf68. Rf5 wins.No. 1867: J. Hoch.l. Rd7t/i Kc2/ii 2. Re7 Kd2 3. Re3/iii elQ/iv 4. RxelKxel 5. f4 a5/v 6. Ke5 Kd2/vi 7. Kd4/vii Kc2 8. Kc4 Kb2 9. f5/viii a410. f6 a3 11. f7 and a standard win with Q v. Q. i) 1. Re7? a5/ix 2 f4a4 3. f5 elQ. ii) 1. ... Kel 2. f4 a5/x 3. Rh7xa4 4. Rhlt Kd2/xi 5. Ke5 a3(Kd3; Ral) 6. Kd4 a2 7. Ral elQ 8. Rxa2f. iii) 3. f4? a5. 3. Rxe2t? Kxe24. f4 a5 5. Ke5 Kd3. 3. Re4? a5 4. Ke5 a4 5. Kd4 a3 6. Re3 elQ (a2? Ra3)7. Rxel Kxel 8. Kc3 Kxf2. iv) 3. ... Kel 4. f4 Kf2 (a5; Ke5) 5. Rxe2tKxe2 6. Ke5 a5 7. Kd4. 3. ... a5 4. Ke5 a4 5. Kd4 a3 6. Rxa3 elQ 7. Ra2t.v) 5. ... Kd2 6. Ke5 Kc2 7. Kd4 (d5) a5 as main line, or here 6. ... Kc37. f5 a5 8. f6 a4 9. f7 a3 10. f8Q a2 11. Qa3t. vi) 6. ... a4 7 Kd4 Kd2 8.Kc4. vii) 7. Kd5? Kd3. viii) 9. Kb5? Kb3 10 Kxa5 Kc4. ix) 1. ... elQ?2. Rxel. x) 2. ... Kf2 3. Rd2 Ke3 (a;l; Ke5) 4. Rxe21 Kxe2 5. Ke5 a5(Kd3; f5) 6. Kd4 Kd2 7. Kc4 Kc2 8. f5 a4 9. Kb4. Or 2. ... Kfl 3. Rh7Kg2/xii 4. Re7 Kf2 5. Rxe2f Kxe2 6. Ke;5 a5 7. Kd4 wins, xi) 4 . . . Kf2 5Ke5 a3 6. Kd4 a2 7. Kc3 elQ 8. Rxel Kxel 9. Kb2 wins, xii) 3 ... elQ4. Rhlf Kf2 5. Rxel Kxel 6. Ke5 a5 7. Kd4 wins, or 3. ... a5 4. RhltKf2 5. Ke5 a4 6. Kd4. Although the composer is known, the judgesbelieve he has not successfully competed in an international tourneybefore.

489

No. 1868 P. C. Goedbloed(Holland, 40)

Prize for a new composer,Assiac Jubilee Tourney

of EG, 1972

m m M

Win 3+4

No. 1869 Robert Pye(Eire, 42)

Prize for a new composer.Assiac Jubilee Tourney

of EG, 1972

Win 54-3

No. 1868: P. C. Goedbloed. 1. Qh8/i Qf3/ii 2. Sd2/iii Qf5t/iv 3. Kxc3/vQf6t/vi 4. Kc2/vii Qxh8 5. Sb3 mate, i) 1. Kxc3? Qxc4t. 1. Qe5 (f4)?Qe4f. 1. Qg3 (h2)? Qg2t 1. Qb4(b3)? Qxc4. ii) 1. ... Qe4t 2. Kxc3 Kbl(Q-; Kf) 3. Sa3t Kcl 4. Qh6t Kdl 5. Qd2 mate, iii) 2. Kb3? Kbl 3. Qh7tKal 4. Qc2 Qb7t 5. Kxc3 Qb3t 2. Qh7 (h4, e8, d4, e5)? Qe4t. 2. Qh2(g7, g8)? Qg2t. 2. S-? Qe2t 3. Kxc3 Qb2t. iv) 2. ... Qc6 3. Sb3 mate,v) 3. Kb3? Qc2t. vi) 3. ... Qc5t 4. Kb3t. vii) 4. Qxf6? stalemate.

No. 1869: R. Pye. 1. Re6/i Sxd5t 2. Sxd5 Ra3 3. Kd4 Rxb3 4. Sc3t Kal/ii5. Relt Kb2 6. Re2t Ka3/iii 7. Ra2f Kb4 8. Ra4 mate, i) 1. Rg5? Sxd5t2. Rxd5 Ra3 3. Rd3 Kc2. 1. Rf6? Sxd5t/iv 2. Sxd5 Ra3 3. Kd4 Rxb3 4.Sc3f Kcl 5. Kd3/v Kb2/vi. 1. d6? Sxg6 2. d7 Rxd7. ii) 4. ... Kcl 5. ReltKd2 6. Re2t Kcl 7. Kd3 Rb2 8. Rel mate, iii) 6. ... Kal 2. Ra2 mate. 6.... Kcl 7. Kd3 Rb2 8. Rel mate, iv) 1. ... Kb2? 2. d6 Kxb3 3. Ke4 wins,but not 3. d7? Rxd7 draw, v) 5. Rflt Kd2 6. Rf2t Kel, or here 6. RdltKc2, in both cases with a draw, vi) 5. ... Rb8? 6. Rflt Kb2 7. Rblt

B .1922(?)

J. Sehwers

Dr-iw 3-r5 7+5

At the end of the book Capabianca's Last Chess Lectures are two po-sitions called Problem A and Problem B, each with the stipulation"White) to Play. What is the result?'" No sousce or composer is given ineither case, so the unwary reader may assume that Capablanca was thecomposer. This is not so. The first is by Troitzky, the second by Seh-

490

wers. More curious still, the solution given to the Troitzky is false. Thecapa line in A runs 1. Re5t Kfl 2. Rf5t Kgl 3. Sb3 cb 4. Rd5 alQ 5.Rdlt Qxdl stalemate, but 4. ... Kfl wins for Black. However, this isonly a try. White does draw by 1. Sd3t cd (... Kfl; Sb2) 2. Re5t Kfl (...Kdl; Ra5) 3. Rf5t Kg! 4. Rao d2 5. Rxa2 dlQ 6. Rg2f Kfl 7. Rg.ltKxgl mate. B is No. 6 in the real composer's Endspielstudien, the solu-tion running 1. Ra5t Ke4 2. Rf5 with the mate threat winning bQ, or1. ... b5 2. Rxb5t Kc7 (not given by Capa, who allows merely for 2. ...Qxb5 3. c4f) 3. Ba4 and wins bQ in short order (The information on Ais taken from Shakhmaty v SSSR ii.73.).

AJR

Obituary. We learn, with both personal and professional shock, of thedeath of Prof. Dr. Boris Andreyevitch Sakharov (1914-12.iv.73). Hisoffices included the direction of the scientific research institute Gired-met (i.e., metals), his special interest being semi-conductors, memberof the USSR chess presidium, First Vice-President of the FIDE ProblemCommission, and correspondent for "AN" in the USSR. Having servedat the front throughout World War II (4 years, dating from Hitler'sinvasion of Russia in 1941), he held the Order of Lenin, and althoughhe was reluctant to talk about it, no doubt the experience accountedfor his prematurely silver hair. He died after a short, severe illness.He was married, with a son. His output was about 70 studies. A full-page obituary is in 64 (iv.73). The Barcelona and Arcachon FIDE meet-ings (1966 and 1968) gave me the opportunity for several illuminatingconversations with him, since he spoke excellent English.I set down afterwards one of these in detail, and asked his permissionto publish it in EG. He did not say 'no', but said he was a simple manand did not want publicity, so it has not appeared. My opinion is thathe was a far from simple man, having witnessed him in committee for-cefully present his Federation's dissent from a FIDE Commission'sdecision. However, my main memory of him will always be of some-thing entirely different. After the Arcachon meeting, in fact we werewaiting at Bordeaux airport for our separate flights home, the conver-sation suddenly fell silent, after we had been talking about his life inMoscow in an apartment block. Suddenly, and very quietly, almostthinking aloud, he said he had a hamster as a pet, and rather than keepit in its cage he often let it run around the floor. But hamsters alwaysrun behind objects, such as heavy furniture, so after a few seconds onehas no idea where they are. How was this problem to be solved, therecapture of the vagrant hamster? Quite simply. Hamsters utter tinysqueaks. And they suffer from curiosity, no doubt aggravated by lone-liness in captivity. So Professor Sakharov recorded the squeak on atape recorder, and whenever it was time to retrieve the rodent heplayed the recording, and the hamster immediately showed itself.

AJR

Footnote: Who will replace Professor Sakharov as USSR representa-tive on the FIDE Problem Commission? Of course, we do not know.This is important, as he provided a much-needed studies counter-weightto the problem-loaded Commission.

Hans Vetter, compositions editor of the East German SCHACH, hasalso died, after illness. His 'herzliche Griisse' written on each copy ofthe magazine he forwarded to me, amounted to a personal link, but Inever met him.

AJR

491

Survey of the 'lesser' magazines.Thanks to the friendly way in which most magazine editors are willingto exchange, I have been able to examine most of the world's chessmagazines over the last 8 years from the viewpoint of the endgamestudy. The following survey deals only with the magazines that devoteonly occasional space to studies.

CANADIAN CHESS CHAT (1969-72). Section run, first by HarryRombach (good friend EG), then by C. Hess, apparently a genuinename. Mike Bent supports the column with originals, and there is asolving ladder. Strong on enthusiasm, weak on sources, spelling andstyle. (I have, however, not seen the magazine, now, for a number ofmonths).

CHESS DIGEST MAGAZINE U.S.A.) (v70-72). Practical articles onsimple otb endings. In 1970 there were quotes from Canadian ChessChat. Editor Ken Smith is EG's agent in USA.

DEUTSCHE SCHACHZEITUNG (1970-72). Studies were edited byProf. J. Halumbirek until his death, since then apparently by Dr. W.Speckmann or editor Rudolf Teschner. The column was supported byDr. Wotawa and Heuacker, but these too are now deceased. There is anoccasional contribution 'Game and Composition' by M. Milescu, now inIsrael. About 3 studies (usually quoted) per issue. In ii. 70 the playerDueball wrote an interesting article on RvBBP, and in x. 70 thereappeared a Gorgiev article on 'Studies illustrating non-chess events'.

EUROPE-ECHECS (France) (1970-72). Occasional mention, usuallyamong O'Kelly's otb positions, but no column. Incidental intelligencemay be picked up from the pot-pourri of 'En Passant', 'Coin des Cher-cheurs', 'Analyse Retrograde', 'Pele-Mele'. For example: Lamare (d.1937) possessed an enormous collection of compositions: where is itnow? Answer: in the hands of G. Balbo. In i. 71 a Cheron article onpromotion records appeared.

FERNSCHACH (vii.70-72). Correspondence games, among which arenaturally some finely played endings. No column or theory.

SCHACH (1970-72). Until 1973 a column was run by Hans Vetter (1),who tried to foster composition in the DDR. There is an informal tour-ney, generally over 2 years. 3 or 4 studies per month, maybe 1 original.The rest of the magazine is a rich source of entertaining positions.Composers: Gunter Sonntag, Gottfried Steckbauer, Erich Thiele.

SCHWEIZERISCHE SCHACHZEITUNG (1970-72). Sometimes 3 studies(quotes) appear, and occasional articles (Bondarenko, Lommer on Saa-vedra, xii.70). Associated names are Fontana, Issler, Naef. Journalists'article celebrating Cheron's 75th birthday. Other articles of generalinterest (iii.70 on the 'Swiss' system, xii.70 on 'Chess in Holland').

SHAKHMATNY BULLETIN (1968-72). Almost exclusively games andtheory of openings. Occasional analysis and comparison of instructiveotb endings. Q+ SPvQ is, however, treated at lenght in 2 theoretical ar-ticles in vii.70 and ii.71. A systematic review of USSR chess literaturepublished between. 1967 and 1971 appeared in v.72. The magazine is atantalisingly needle-in-haystack source of fascinating otb positions (e.g.a QQvQQ draw, xii.71).

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SKAKBLADET (Denmark) (1970-72). There may be a study positionon the cover, but otherwise no studies, except, at Christmas when ano-nymous positions (often disguised by reversing the colours, etc.) aregiven for solving, or in a 'student corner'. The editor (Hans Rasmussen)and problem editor (Jan Mortensen) are personally sympathetic to stu-dies. (EG receives occasional mention). With Grandmaster Bent Larsenannotating there are frequently enthralling games and positions anal-ysed.

SOUTH AFRICAN CHESSPLAYER (1970-72). No column. No studies.Some otb items of interest to EG: photo of Van Tets; a pawn break-through (viii.70); QvBB (no P's) otb recalled (no position); referencesto endgame theory; David Friedgood's interest in studies may ensurespace, WCCT already mentioned (xii.72).

P.S. I may be running a column in the British Chess Magazine, thoughnot permanently, to replace Hugh Blandford. But it will not be a majorcolumn, and, like the other Britisch magazine CHESS, the BCM willremain one of the 'lesser' magazines from the studies angle.

AJR

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